Can Such Things Be? American Weird Fiction, Gothic Horror, and Supernatural Tales of Metaphysical Dread
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Good PressSeitenzahl
124
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0,7/15,2/22,9 cm
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192 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-272-8530-3
Can Such Things Be? gathers Ambrose Bierce's most unsettling tales of supernatural ambiguity, metaphysical dread, and violent irony. Written in a compressed, lucid prose that turns journalistic precision into nightmare, the collection includes stories such as "The Damned Thing," "An Inhabitant of Carcosa," and "Moxon's Master." Bierce situates Gothic terror within modern skepticism, making the inexplicable feel like a breach in rational order rather than mere fantasy. Bierce's life helps explain the book's severity and bleak intelligence. A Civil War veteran, journalist, satirist, and relentless critic of sentimentality, he had witnessed death, bureaucracy, and human folly at close range. His fiction often transforms battlefield trauma, scientific curiosity, and distrust of easy belief into narratives where perception itself becomes unreliable and moral certainty collapses. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the evolution of American horror, psychological fiction, and the darker currents of nineteenth-century literature. Bierce's stories reward careful reading: their shocks are brief, but their philosophical unease lingers. Can Such Things Be? remains essential for anyone seeking supernatural fiction sharpened by wit, discipline, and intellectual menace.
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