Avril Horner Livres

The collection of essays explores the cross-fertilization of Gothic writing across France, Germany, Britain, and America over the past two centuries. Major scholars analyze how international exchanges have influenced themes and forms in Gothic literature, highlighting the interconnectedness of these diverse literary traditions. Through this examination, the essays reveal the evolution and richness of Gothic writing as a reflection of cultural and artistic interactions.

This biography of Barbara Comyns presents a twentieth-century author whose life was as extraordinary as her novels. Hundreds of unpublished letters reveal an occasionally desperate but resourceful and witty woman whose complicated life ranged from enduring poverty when young to mixing with spivs, spies and high society. -- .