Occult Detective Fiction

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Occult detective stories combine the tropes of the detective story with those of supernatural horror fiction. Unlike the traditional detective the occult detective is employed in cases involving ghosts, curses, and other supernatural elements. He or she is often a doctor inclined to metaphysical speculation. The first fictional occult detective was Dr Martin Hesselius, five of whose cases are featured in Sheridan Le Fanu''s short story collection In a Glass Darkly (1872). The next prominent figure in this tradition was Dr. Abraham Van Helsing from Bram Stoker''s Dracula (1897) followed closely by Flaxman Low by E. and H. Heron who featured in a series of stories in Pearson''s Magazine (1898-99); by Algernon Blackwood''s Dr. John Silence and William Hope Hodgson''s Carnacki, the Ghost Finder. The adventures of Carnacki have been continued by UK writer A.F. Kidd in collaboration with Australian writer Rick Kennett in 472 Cheyne Walk: Carnacki, the Untold Stories (2000).

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131045837
• ISBN-10: 6131045836
• Artikelnr.: 29878226