{"product_id":"the-virgin-of-the-seven-daggers-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Virgin of the Seven Daggers: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVernon Lee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAaron Worth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI entered the church...It struck me suddenly that all this crowd of men and women standing all round, these priests chanting and moving about the altar, were dead...\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVernon Lee was a polymath whose copious writings include deeply learned studies of art, music, literature, and history, but also a small but exquisitely crafted group of Gothic tales, most of which first appeared in fin de siècle periodicals including the iconic Yellow Book. In these stories of obsession and possession, transgressive desire reaches out from the past -- through a haunting portrait, a murdered poet's lock of hair, the uncanny voice of a diabolical castrato -- dragging Lee's protagonists to their doom. Among those haunted by Lee's 'spurious ghosts' was Henry James, who praised her 'gruesome, graceful...ingenious tales, full of imagination'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition includes Lee's landmark 1890 collection \u003cem\u003eHauntings\u003c\/em\u003e complete, along with six additional tales and the 1880 essay 'Faustus and Helena', in which Lee probes the elusive nature of the supernatural as a 'vital...fluctuating...potent' force that resists definite representation. Aaron Worth's contextual introduction, drawing upon Lee's newly published letters, reassesses her place in the pantheon of the fantastic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVernon Lee \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAaron Worth is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric at Boston University who has previously edited \u003cem\u003eThe Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) by Arthur Machen and \u003cem\u003eGreen Tea and Other Weird Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) by Sheridan Le Fanu for Oxford World's Classics. His own horror fiction has appeared in publications including \u003cem\u003eCemetery Dance Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVastarien\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337069224301,"sku":"9780198837541","price":17.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/b1lRMkYyeGFRbEdVZFd6dkZObDVOQT09.webp?v=1778923040","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-virgin-of-the-seven-daggers-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}