CONTENTS: Introduction. What hath light wrought? / by Isaac Asimov Visitation. The midnight embrace / by Matthew Lewis The Frankenstein theme. The transformation / by Mary Shelley Dream state. The bold dragoon / by Washington Irving Drug addiction. Levana and our ladies of sorrow / by Thomas de Quincey Sorcery. The magician / by Lord Lytton Morphia influence. Berenice / by Edgar Allan Poe Schizophrenia. The drunkard's dream / by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Claustrophobia. The man in the reservoir / by C.F. Hoffman The blood drinker. Haceldama / by Lafcadio Hearn Hallucination. The ensouled violin…
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Editions
5 editions · 2 languages
Hardcover · English · 1973
Doubleday & Company · 340 pages · 9780385022156
Other · English · 1976
Pan Books · 192 pages · 9780330247863
Other · English · 1976
Pan Books · 9780330245982
Other · English · 1973
Gollancz · 340 pages · 9780575017108
Other · German · 1975
22 Alptraum-Stories
Wilhelm Heyne Verlag · 256 pages · 9783453450189
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