Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. xii, 222 (8) pp, illus. Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, series, Number 12: Reprinted , 1998. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.25" x 9.25". Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "A genre of supernatural fiction was among the more improbable products of the Age of Enlightenment. This book questions the historical reasons for its growing popularity in the late eighteenth century . . . drawing out the connection between fictions of the supernatural and the growth of consumerism.".

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9388
Title: The Rise of Supernatural Fiction, 1762-1800
Author: Clery, E. J
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 052145316X
ISBN 13: 9780521453165
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge, UK
Date Published: 1995
Size: Large Octavo
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM GENRE HORROR TALES HISTORY AND CRITICISM SUPERNATURAL IN LITERATURE GREAT BRITAIN GOTHIC REVIVAL
Bookseller catalogs: MYSTERY & SCIFI;

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