Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)
Autore di Carmilla
Sull'Autore
The greatest author of supernatural fiction during the nineteenth century was undoubtedly J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Le Fanu was born in Dublin and, as with so many other English popular fiction authors of his time, entered the genre of fiction by way of journalism, working on such publications as the mostra altro Evening Mail and the Dublin University Magazine. Le Fanu came from a middle-class background; his family was of Huguenot descent. He graduated from Trinity College and married in 1844. After his wife died in 1858, until his own death, Le Fanu was known as a recluse, creating his ghost fiction late at night in bed. Probably he began writing ghost fiction in 1838; his earliest supernatural story is often cited as being either "The Ghost and the Bone-Setter" or the "Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh," both of which were later collected in the anthology entitled The Purcell Papers (1880). Writing most effectively in the short story form, Le Fanu's tales such as "Carmilla" (a vampire story that is thought possibly to have influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula) and the problematic "Green Tea" are considered by many literary scholars to be classics of the supernatural genre. His lengthy Gothic novels, such as Uncle Silas (1864), though less highly regarded than his shorter fiction, are nonetheless wonderfully atmospheric. Le Fanu's particular brand of literary horror tends toward the refined, subtle fright rather than the graphic sensationalism of Matthew Gregory Lewis. His work influenced other prominent horror fiction authors, including M. R. James. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Sheridan Le Fanu
The Forgotten Classics of Mystery Volume III - Sheridan le Fanu: The Diabolical Genius: Uncle Silas; The Inn of the… (1959) 14 copie
Two Ghostly Mysteries A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family; and the Murdered Cousin (2006) 12 copie
El fantasma y el ensalmador = The ghost and ten bone setter / el sueño del bebedor = The drunkard's dream (1999) 9 copie
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 1-Including Two Novels, 'The Haunted… (2010) 9 copie
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan le Fanu: Volume 2-Including One Novel, 'Uncle… (2010) 6 copie
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 3-Including One Novel 'The House by the… (2010) 6 copie
Illustrated JS Le Fanu: Ghost Stories and Mysteries by a Master Victorian Storyteller (1988) 6 copie
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 5-Including One Novel, 'The Rose and… (2010) 5 copie
Bibliotheca Dracula. 9 Romane in 3 Bänden: Frankenstein - Dracula - Im Haus des Grafen Dracula - Melmoth - Der… (1978) 5 copie
Különös históriák 4 copie
Carmilla. A Vampira de Karnstein - Colecao Classicos da Literatura Universal (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2018) 4 copie
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 4-Including One Novel, 'The Wyvern Mystery,… (2010) 4 copie
Carmilla. Based on the Story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Penguin Active Reading (Graded Readers)) (2011) 4 copie
My Aunt Margaret's Adventure 4 copie
Squire Toby's Will 3 copie
The Best Victorian Ghost Stories: Annotated and Illustrated Tales of Murder, Mystery, Horror, and Hauntings (Oldstyle… (2014) 3 copie
Sir Dominick's Bargain 3 copie
A Little Fuchsia Book of Fears 2 copie
Les créatures du miroir 2 copie
70 SUPERNATURAL TALES OF GOTHIC HORROR: Uncle Silas, Carmilla, In a Glass Darkly, Madam Crowl's Ghost, The House by the… (2017) 2 copie
Carmilla y otros relatos de terror (Selección clásicos universales) (Spanish Edition) (2017) 2 copie
Carmilla, Green Tea, and Other Horrors: The Best Ghost Stories and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Oldstyle Tales… (2016) 2 copie
Carmilla: WITH Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess AND Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter (1872) 2 copie
Carmilla And Other Gothic Tales By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu | Illustrated | Oversized Edition 2 copie
Dom przy cmentarzu 2 copie
Guy Deverell v1 1 copia
Guy Deverell v2 1 copia
Tè verde. Tre racconti 1 copia
Schalken il pittore 1 copia
Cuentos de fantasmas 1 copia
Dublin University magazine 1 copia
The ghost and the bone-setter El fantasma y el ensalmador ; The drunkard's dream = El sueño del bebedor :… (2007) 1 copia
O Vampiro de Karnstein 1 copia
Dom przy cmentarzu Tom II 1 copia
Las criaturas del espejo 1 copia
Laura Silver Bell 1 copia
Carmilla [Audible Dramatization[ 1 copia
In einem dunklen Spiegel 1 copia
Dom przy cmentarzu, T.I 1 copia
Les créatures du miroir 1 copia
El tio Silas 1 copia
L'inseguitore 1 copia
The Prelude 1 copia
Carmilla 1 copia
Carmilla & O Juiz Harbottle 1 copia
The Haunted Baronet and Others 1 copia
Mr. Justice Harbottle 1 copia
Carmilla : The Recording Script 1 copia
Nun vidro misterioso, vol. 2: O familiar, O xuíz Harbotte e Carmilla, unha historia de vampiros (2009) 1 copia
Guy Deverell Volume III 1 copia
Storie di fantasmi mozzafiato 1 copia
Un oscuro scrutare 1 copia
The Vampire Collection 1 copia
El tío Silas 1 copia
In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 1 copia
Mr Justice Harbottle 1 copia
Night at the Dragon Inn 1 copia
Carmilla And The Haunted Baronet 1 copia
世界恐怖小說選 卷一: 怪誕懸疑的世界恐怖經典 1 copia
Opere correlate
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Collaboratore — 520 copie
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Collaboratore — 445 copie
The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre (1997) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni; Collaboratore — 419 copie
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Collaboratore — 184 copie
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (2010) — Collaboratore — 145 copie
A Clutch of Vampires: These Being Among the Best from History and Literature (1929) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
The Book of Irish Weirdness: A Treasury of Classic Tales of the Supernatural, Spooky and Strange (1994) — Collaboratore — 96 copie
In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914 (2015) — Collaboratore — 87 copie
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972) — Collaboratore — 81 copie
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Collaboratore — 54 copie
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult: Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All (2014) — Collaboratore — 36 copie
Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural (2002) — Collaboratore; Collaboratore — 26 copie
The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives: 13 Stories of Supernatural Sleuthing (2017) — Collaboratore — 22 copie
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century (1983) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
Bewitched Beings: Phantoms, Familiars, and the Possessed in Stories from Two Centuries (1974) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Masters of the Macabre: An Anthology of Mystery, Horror, and Detection (1975) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Children of the Night: Stories of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves, and Lost Children (The Children of the Night) (1999) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Great Classic Hauntings: Six Unabridged Stories (Audio Editions Mystery Masters) (2000) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 11 copie
Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories (1978) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1957) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love: 45 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2024) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Weird Tales Volume 22 Number 1, July 1933 — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Reading & Training : Stories of ghosts and mystery [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 2 copie
LibriVox Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
English short stories of the nineteenth century — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Vampire und Untote. Eine Anthologie von Vampir-Geschichten — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Fantastyczne Opowieści — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Supernatural Tales 1: The Haunted Ships (Allan Cunningham); Green Tea (Sheridan Le Fanu), Mrs Veal (Daniel Defoe) (1974) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan
- Altri nomi
- Le Fanu, J. S.
- Data di nascita
- 1814-08-28
- Data di morte
- 1873-02-07
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- Ireland
- Luogo di nascita
- Dublin, Ireland
- Luogo di morte
- Dublin, Ireland
- Causa della morte
- heart attack
- Luogo di residenza
- Dublin, Ireland
- Istruzione
- Trinity College, Dublin (law)
- Attività lavorative
- short-story writer
novelist
lawyer
journalist - Relazioni
- Broughton, Rhoda (niece)
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (great-uncle)
Sheridan, Frances (great-grandmother)
Lefanu, Alicia Sheridan (grandmother)
Sheridan, Betsy (great-aunt)
Norton, Caroline (second cousin) (mostra tutto 7)
Blackwood, Helen Selina Sheridan (second cousin) - Organizzazioni
- Irish Bar (1839)
Utenti
Discussioni
THE DEEP ONES: "Laura Silver Bell" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu in The Weird Tradition (Aprile 2023)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Child That Went with the Fairies" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu in The Weird Tradition (Gennaio 2023)
THE DEEP ONES: "Green Tea" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu in The Weird Tradition (Marzo 2022)
Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla in Gothic Literature (Febbraio 2019)
Reading Group #6: 'Green Tea' in Gothic Literature (Dicembre 2018)
THE DEEP ONES: "Carmilla" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu in The Weird Tradition (Giugno 2017)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 271
- Opere correlate
- 178
- Utenti
- 9,298
- Popolarità
- #2,594
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 291
- ISBN
- 951
- Lingue
- 18
- Preferito da
- 42
La trama è scarna e per noi lettori smaliziati di oggi anche piuttosto ingenua, ma sono le atmosfere a fare la differenza: è una vicenda giocata tutta sul filo dell'ambiguità, con toni lenti a scandire i vari momenti in modo da creare tensione. E' un horror diverso da quelli adrenalinici a cui siamo abituati, ma non per questo meno accattivante.
A risentire davvero dello scorrere del tempo sono i protagonisti: non Carmilla, figura enigmatica sempre in lotta con le sue passioni, ma tutti gli altri a cominciare dalla presunta eroina Laura; è la tipica dama ottocentesca, almeno secondo le aspettative maschili: aggraziata, dolce ed assolutamente incapace di prendere qualunque iniziativa, talmente sottomessa all'autorità altrui da smbrare quasi ottusa. Infastidisce vedere come perfino davanti all'evidenza non riesca a fare nulla se non tremare e ubbidire a qualcuno. Il resto dei personaggi invece è lì solo per ragioni di trama e sbiadisce sullo sfondo.
Aldilà di questi difetti così tipici dell'epoca resta una pietra miliare della letteratura gotica, con molti elementi di originalità ed anche più spregiudicato di quanto ci si aspetterebbe (più di Dracula ad esempio, che pure è posteriore).… (altro)