{"product_id":"9781912766215","title":"British Weird : 17","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Machin, James, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 30\/10\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 290 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: Handheld Classics, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Handheld Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Handheld Press,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Fiction \u0026amp; related items,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781912766215\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the success of Handheld Press's 2019 best-selling anthology Womens Weird, British Weird is a new anthology of classic Weird short fiction by British writers, first published between the 1890s and the 1930s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmbracing the famous and the undeservedly obscure, this collection - curated by James Machin, author of Palgrave Gothic's Weird Fiction in Britain, 1880-1939 - assembles stories to thrill, entertain, and chill. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeatured stories include:'Man-Size in Marble' by Edith Nesbit (1893) 'No-Man's Land', John Buchan (1900)'The Willows', by Algernon Blackwood'The Man Who Went Too Far', by E F Benson (1912) 'N' by Arthur Machen (1934) 'Mappa Mundi' by Mary Butts (1937)The collection also includes Mary Butts' influential essay 'Ghosties and Ghoulies' (1933), on British supernatural writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMachin's introduction describes the background for these excellent stories in the Weird tradition, and identifies their use of peculiarly British preoccupations in supernatural short fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37039028011161,"sku":"9781912766215","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781912766215.jpg?v=1604773726","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781912766215","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}