Descrizione
A cura di I. BruschiSix short stories having the world of the supernatural as their main theme.
Disquieting and mysterious presences, suspense, the atavic fear of the unknown are the characteristic ingredients of these stories.
They were written in a pre-freudian time where the irrational was still unknown and therefore enigmatic and threatening. Taken from top-level authors – E. A. Poe, J. K. Jerome, E. G. Swain, E. F. Benson, M. R. James, J. G. Lang – they are accompanied by inserts on supernatural entities and on cultural and historical aspects related to the contents of the tales.
Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Transcripts - Summing-up Activities
Sei racconti che hanno come tematica il mondo del soprannaturale.
Presenze inquietanti e misteriose e la paura atavica dell’ignoto sono gli ingredienti di queste storie in cui, in un’epoca pre-freudiana, l’irrazionale risulta completamente sconosciuto e minaccioso.
Tratte da autori di grande livello – E. A. Poe, J. K. Jerome, E. G. Swain, E. F. Benson, M. R. James, J. G. Lang – sono corredate dalle biografie degli autori, da schede sulle "short stories" e "ghost stories" e su aspetti storico-culturali collegati ai contenuti dei racconti.
Indice
Introduction5Edgar Allan Poe8Ligeia10Extension: A film director who loved Poe29Montague Rhodes James31The Rose Garden33Extension: What’s in a rose50Jerome Klapka Jerome52A Ghost Story54Extension: Supernatural company66John George Lang69The Ghost upon the Rail71Extension: Transportation to Australia96Edmund Gill Swain98Bone to his Bone99Extension: Ghosts, spirits or human imagination?113Edward Frederick Benson115The Confession of Charles Linkworth117Extension: The death penalty in the U.K.138Summing-up activities140
Dettagli
EditoreEdiscoPagine148ISBN9788844117177Anno2024