The Oxford Book of the Supernatural

By: D. J. Enright (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 October 1995

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From the eerie visitation of Scrooge by Marley's ghost, to the three witches brewing evil on the heath in Macbeth, to the deadly lust for blood of Bram Stoker's Dracula, we have always been fascinated by things that go "bump in the night." The supernatural has chilled our hearts and has fired our imaginations, and it has fueled the writings of our greatest authors, from Odysseus's journey to the underworld in Homer, to Faust's bargain with Mephistopheles in Goethe. The Oxford Book of the Supernatural compiles some of the very best writings on this fearsome subject, drawing from both ancient and modern, from East and West, and from Christian, Islamic, and Buddhist traditions. Here readers will enter a foreboding realm of ghosts and vampires, werewolves and witches, dreams and telepathy, demonic possession and near-death experiences. Drawing from both factual accounts and the finest works of literature, and including writers ranging from Homer to Hardy, Pliny to Primo Levi, and Apuleius to A.S. Byatt, Enright offers material that probes the dark corner where the supernatural and natural worlds collide, igniting our deepest anxieties and fears. At times touching, grotesque, eerie, and frightening, The Oxford Book of the Supernatural will interest anyone who is curious about the supernatural or the occult. But whether you believe in the unearthly or not, this literate anthology will satisfy what Virginia Woolf has called "the strange human craving for the pleasure of feeling afraid."

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Fiction Science Fiction Fiction in Translation and Short Stories Short Stories Non-Fiction Mind, Body, Spirit Unexplained Phenomena & the Paranormal Ghosts & Poltergeists Fantasy Fiction Horror & Ghost Stories Literature, Poetry & Plays Anthologies (non-poetry)

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Editor's Note
Assorted Apparitions	p. 1
Loving Revenants	p. 65
Magic and Magicians, Possession and Exorcism, Spells	p. 97
Witchcraft	p. 140
Devils and Angels, Hells and Heavens	p. 168
Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, and Other Monsters	p. 205
Fairies and Little Folk	p. 240
Miracles and Prognostications	p. 264
Art and Intellect	p. 294
Dreams, Coincidences, Telepathy	p. 327
Sex and the Supernatural	p. 354
Animal Spirits	p. 394
Near-Death Experiences, Spontaneous Combustion, Immortality	p. 413
Spiritualism	p. 435
High Spirits and Low	p. 465
Believers and Disbelievers * on Reading and Writing About the Supernatural	p. 503
Acknowledgements	p. 543
Index of Authors and Persons Mentioned	p. 551
Index of Unascribed Passages	p. 557
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