- Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance
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A seminal essay on the development of horror as a genre, highly influential on later writers.
- Chapters
- Preface
- Chapter 1 - Introductory
- Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Gothic Romance
- Chapter 3 - "The Novel of Suspense." Mrs Radcliffe
- Chapter 4 - The novel of Terror. Lewis and Maturin
- Chapter 5 - The Oriental Tale of Terror. Beckford
- Chapter 6 - Godwin and the Rosicrucian Novel
- Chapter 7 - Satires on the Novel of Terror
- Chapter 8 - Scott and the Novel of Terror
- Chapter 9 - Later Developents in the Tale of Terror
- Chapter 10 - Short Tales of Terror
- Chapter 11 - American Tales of Terror
- Chapter 12 - Conclusion