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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Born in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his historical tales and novels about American colonial society. After publishing The Scarlet Letter in 1850, its status as an instant bestseller allowed him to earn a living as a novelist. Full of dark romanticism, psychological complexity, symbolism, and cautionary tales, his work is still popular today. He has earned a place in history as one of the most distinguished American writers of the nineteenth century.
Born in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his historical tales and novels about American colonial society. After publishing The Scarlet Letter in 1850, its status as an instant bestseller allowed him to earn a living as a novelist. Full of dark romanticism, psychological complexity, symbolism, and cautionary tales, his work is still popular today. He has earned a place in history as one of the most distinguished American writers of the nineteenth century.
Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet est né dans le Gard le 13 mai 1840. Il quitte tôt les bancs de l'école pour venir à dix-sept ans à Paris, en quête d'une carrière littéraire. Il publie ses poèmes (Les Amoureuses en 1858), puis ses romans (Le Petit Chose, Tartarin de Tarascon, Sapho...) qui fondent, petit à petit, sa notoriété. Il travaille comme journaliste et secrétaire particulier, et rencontre, dans les salons, les grandes figures de son temps, notamment Flaubert, Zola et Edmond de Goncourt, avec qui il noue une relation intime.
Alphonse Daudet est né dans le Gard le 13 mai 1840. Il quitte tôt les bancs de l'école pour venir à dix-sept ans à Paris, en quête d'une carrière littéraire. Il publie ses poèmes (Les Amoureuses en 1858), puis ses romans (Le Petit Chose, Tartarin de Tarascon, Sapho...) qui fondent, petit à petit, sa notoriété. Il travaille comme journaliste et secrétaire particulier, et rencontre, dans les salons, les grandes figures de son temps, notamment Flaubert, Zola et Edmond de Goncourt, avec qui il noue une relation intime.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American sociologist, writer, lecturer, and social reformist. As a child, Gilman was often in the presence of her father’s relatives, notably Isabella Beecher Hooker, a well-known suffragist, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolitionist and author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Many of Gilman’s own works reflect similarly feminist and social reformist perspectives, and in 1909 she established The Forerunner, a magazine that acted as a forum for discussion of these issues. Gilman’s most famous work is “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a semi-autobiographical short story written in response to being put on “rest cure” by a doctor to cure her depression. Gilman’s works also include the poetry collection In This Our World, and the feminist texts Women and Economics and The Home: Its Work and Influence. She died in 1935.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American sociologist, writer, lecturer, and social reformist. As a child, Gilman was often in the presence of her father’s relatives, notably Isabella Beecher Hooker, a well-known suffragist, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolitionist and author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Many of Gilman’s own works reflect similarly feminist and social reformist perspectives, and in 1909 she established The Forerunner, a magazine that acted as a forum for discussion of these issues. Gilman’s most famous work is “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a semi-autobiographical short story written in response to being put on “rest cure” by a doctor to cure her depression. Gilman’s works also include the poetry collection In This Our World, and the feminist texts Women and Economics and The Home: Its Work and Influence. She died in 1935.
M. R. James
Montague Rhodes James was born in 1862 at Goodnestone Parsonage, Kent, where his father was a curate, but the family moved soon afterwards to Great Livermere in Suffolk. James attended Eton College and later King's College Cambridge where he won many awards and scholarships. From 1894 to 1908 he was Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and from 1905 to 1918 was Provost of King's College. In 1913, he became Vice-Chancellor of the University for two years. In 1918 he was installed as Provost of Eton. A distinguished medievalist and scholar of international status, James published many works on biblical and historical antiquarian subjects. He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1930. His ghost story writing began almost as a divertissement from his academic work and as a form of entertainment for his colleagues. His first collection, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary was published in 1904. He never married and died in 1936.
Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton was born in Lancashire in 1890. The first story about William Brown appeared in Home magazine in 1919, and the first collection of William stories was published in book form three years later. In all, thirty-eight Just William books were published, the last, William the Lawless, in 1970 after Richmal Crompton’s death.
H. P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft was the master of weird fiction and one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century.
H.P. Lovecraft was the master of weird fiction and one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century.
John COLLIER
John Collier est né à Londres au début du siècle. Il a commencé à écrire de la poésie à dix-neuf ans, mais c'est en 1930 qu'il publie son premier livre déconcertant, ce
Mari de la guenon que la collection " Pavillons Poche " réédite aujourd'hui. Il sera ensuite sensible aux sirènes hollywoodiennes et écrira de nombreux scénarios pour le cinéma (il contribuera notamment à
African Queen et
Sylvia Scarlett). Il meurt en Californie en 1980. Les Éditions Julliard ont publié
Un rien de muscade en 1991.
Clark Ashton SMITH
Den Autoren Clark Ashton Smith war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der vor allem für seine phantastischen und horroristischen Geschichten bekannt ist. Er war ein Freund und Bewunderer von H.P. Lovecraft und gehörte zu den wichtigsten Vertretern der sogenannten Cthulhu-Mythos. Smith schrieb auch Gedichte, Essays und Übersetzungen aus dem Französischen und Spanischen. Sein Werk zeichnet sich durch einen reichen und originellen Wortschatz, eine dunkle und melancholische Atmosphäre und eine Vorliebe für das Exotische und das Makabre aus.
Eudora Welty
EUDORA WELTY (1909–2001) was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and attended the Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University (where she studied advertising). In addition to short fiction, Welty wrote novels, novellas, essays, and reviews, and was the winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
EUDORA WELTY (1909–2001) was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and attended the Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University (where she studied advertising). In addition to short fiction, Welty wrote novels, novellas, essays, and reviews, and was the winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl va néixer el 1916 en un poblet de Gal·les (Gran Bretanya) anomenat Llandaff al si d'una família acomodada d'origen noruec. Als quatre anys perd el seu pare i als set entra per primera vegada en contacte amb el rígid sistema educatiu britànic que deixa reflectit en alguns dels seus llibres, per exemple, a Matilda i a Boy. Acabat el Batxillerat i en contra de les recomanacions de la seva mare perquè cursés estudis universitaris, comença a treballar a la companyia multinacional petrolífera Shell, a l'Àfrica. En aquest continent el sorprèn la Segona Guerra Mundial. Després d'un entrenament de vuit mesos, es converteix en pilot d'aviació a la Royal Air Force; va ser enderrocat en combat i va haver de passar sis mesos hospitalitzat. Després va ser destinat a Londres i a Washington va començar a escriure les seves aventures de guerra. La seva entrada al món de la literatura infantil va estar motivada pels contes que narrava als seus quatre fills. El 1964 publica la seva primera obra, Charlie i la fàbrica de xocolata. Va escriure també guions per a pel·lícules; va concebre famosos personatges com els Gremlins, i algunes de les seves obres han estat portades al cinema. Roald Dahl va morir a Oxford, als 74 anys.
Roald Dahl va néixer el 1916 en un poblet de Gal·les (Gran Bretanya) anomenat Llandaff al si d'una família acomodada d'origen noruec. Als quatre anys perd el seu pare i als set entra per primera vegada en contacte amb el rígid sistema educatiu britànic que deixa reflectit en alguns dels seus llibres, per exemple, a Matilda i a Boy. Acabat el Batxillerat i en contra de les recomanacions de la seva mare perquè cursés estudis universitaris, comença a treballar a la companyia multinacional petrolífera Shell, a l'Àfrica. En aquest continent el sorprèn la Segona Guerra Mundial. Després d'un entrenament de vuit mesos, es converteix en pilot d'aviació a la Royal Air Force; va ser enderrocat en combat i va haver de passar sis mesos hospitalitzat. Després va ser destinat a Londres i a Washington va començar a escriure les seves aventures de guerra. La seva entrada al món de la literatura infantil va estar motivada pels contes que narrava als seus quatre fills. El 1964 publica la seva primera obra, Charlie i la fàbrica de xocolata. Va escriure també guions per a pel·lícules; va concebre famosos personatges com els Gremlins, i algunes de les seves obres han estat portades al cinema. Roald Dahl va morir a Oxford, als 74 anys.
August Derleth
August William Derleth (1909 - 1971) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Herausgeber. Obwohl er vor allem als erster Verleger der Geschichten von H. P. Lovecraft und für seine eigenen Beiträge zum Horror-Genre des Cthulhu-Mythos sowie für die Gründung des Verlags Arkham House bekannt ist (der viel dazu beitrug, dass übernatürliche Romane, die bis dahin nur in Großbritannien erhältlich waren, in den USA als Hardcover gedruckt wurden), war Derleth ein führendster amerikanischer Regionalschriftsteller seiner Zeit und war auch in vielen anderen Genres der Literatur sehr produktiv.
Una selección de relatos de horror que muestra lo más oscuro del mundo vegetal. Una antología que reúne a nombres como Roald Dahl, Eudora Welty o H.P. Lovecraft.
Orquídeas sanguinarias, bosques enteros que se rebelan contra quienes los masacraron, setas tan bellas como venenosas, robles majestuosos que se convierten en la reencarnación del hombre de la casa, maravillosas enredaderas que reviven espantosos fantasmas del pasado, máquinas rudimentarias que permiten registrar el terrible sufrimiento de las plantas maltratadas, árboles solitarios que señalan el mismísimo umbral a un mundo pesadillesco… Un verdor siniestro recorre la literatura de los siglos XIX y XX y nos recuerda que las plantas, seres fascinantes y misteriosos, benéficos y letales a la vez, encarnan la otredad en forma de monstruo silencioso, al tiempo que padecen los efectos de la avaricia que lleva al ser humano a usurpar y destruir sin compasión aquellas formas de vida que, reducidas a materia prima, pueden generar riqueza.
Gótico botánico es un catálogo de historias del mundo vegetal más fantástico, que incluye a autores tan destacados como M.R. James, Richmal Crompton, H. P. Lovecraft o Roald Dahl, y que permite, además, descubrir las inquietantes creaciones de escritoras pulp como Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Maria Moravsky o Eli Colter. A partir de ahora, el verde será el nuevo negro.
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«Ya sea como eficaces símbolos de temas universales, en forma de remotos miedos victorianos y de personajes híbridos, peligrosos o sedientos de venganza, los vegetales ofrecen una fascinante variedad literaria, consecuencia lógica de su casi infinita y perturbadora cantidad de especímenes y de todo lo que nos queda por descubrir sobre ellos.» —Patricia Esteban Erlés
Title : Gótico botánico
EAN : 9788419581778
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