Name: Carmilla (in Catalan)
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Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Type

Physical Book

Author

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Publisher

Laertes

Collection

L'Arcà

Year

1998

Language

Catalan

Pages

131

Format

Paperback

ISBN

8475841236

ISBN13

9788475841236

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Carmilla (in Catalan)"

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873), autor d'una de les «nouvelles» més genials de la literatura de terror, aquesta que avui presentem - Carmilla-, fou un irlandès solitari que va començar la seva carrera escrivint balades i llegendes irlandeses fins a acabar essent uns dels millors autors de novel·les i contes de terror, desprès d'haver conreat la novel·la històrica a l'estil Walter Scott. Home retret y poc amic de les relacions socials, requisit que sembla ser indispensable per a arribar, si més no, a la popularitat en vida, Le Fanu va restar com un autèntic desconegut, i hagué de ser un altre gran especialista, M.R. James, el que el situés en el lloc d'honor que li correspon en aquest gènere. Història de vampirs, Carmilla té com a protagonista una noia ingènua i maliciosa que, igual que la figura de Drácula, posseeix allò que Lord Byron exigia dels seus personatges: que fossin aristòcrates, romàntics i ambigus.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer born on August 28, 1814 in Dublin, and who died on February 7, 1873 in the same city. He is best known for his mystery and horror stories. Coming from a family of Huguenot origin, his father was a pastor in various Protestant localities. Joseph studied Law at Trinity College, where he was appointed auditor of the University's History Society. He never practiced law, dedicating himself to journalism. In 1838, he began publishing stories in the Dublin University Magazine; and from 1940 he took control of several newspapers. In 1844, he married Susanna Bennett, with whom he had four children. Gradually, he became involved in politics due to his campaign against the British government's indifference to the Irish famine, but his personal life was complicated due to his wife's illness, who suffered from anxiety attacks and an advanced neurosis that apparently cost her life in 1858. Le Fanu stopped writing, tormented by the death of his wife, and did not do so again until the death of his mother in 1861, supported by his cousin, Lady Gifford, with whom he maintained correspondence until her death. Upon becoming the owner of the Dublin University Magazine, he took the opportunity to publish his novels in serial form in this magazine. Although due to the demands of editors and his readers he wrote stories and novels following the British fashions of the time, in his last stories he returned to Irish folklore as a source of inspiration.

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