Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a classic 1904 collection of supernatural short stories by English scholar and writer M. R. James, renowned for helping define the modern ghost story genre.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ghost Stories of an Antiquary canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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ghost story collection ⓘ horror fiction work ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | M. R. James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creatorOccupationOfAuthor |
Cambridge academic
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medievalist scholar ⓘ |
| criticalReception | regarded as a classic of ghost story literature ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ghost stories
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horror ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | television adaptations by the BBC ⓘ |
| hasIllustratedEdition | various later illustrated editions ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | modern British supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"
NERFINISHED
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Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Magnus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lost Hearts NERFINISHED ⓘ Number 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ash-tree NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mezzotint NERFINISHED ⓘ The Treasure of Abbot Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReprint | numerous 20th-century and 21st-century reprints ⓘ |
| hasSequel | More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of M. R. James's ghost stories ⓘ |
| influenced | later 20th-century ghost story writers ⓘ |
| languageVariant | British English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Edwardian ghost story tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
consequences of curiosity
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encounters with the supernatural ⓘ hidden or cursed antiquities ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping define the modern ghost story genre
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subtle and understated supernatural horror ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 8 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| publisher | Edward Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCharacteristic | scholarly and antiquarian settings ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
erudite narrative voice
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use of implied rather than explicit horror ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
English churches and country houses
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antiquarianism ⓘ manuscripts and rare books ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCreation | early 20th century ⓘ |
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