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This class will focus on the short story format and the horror genre. We will read and discuss classic horror stories written in the 19th century by Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne, those written in the early 20th century by Edith Wharton and H.P. Lovecraft, through to mid-20th century stories by Shirley Jackson and 21st century stories. While most of the writers are American, we will also look at stories by Welsh writer Arthur Machen, Lafcadio Hearn's collection of Japanese stories, the influential Strange Tales of a Chinese Studio (Pu Songling), and stories by the Filipino writer Nick Joaquin. Part of this class will involve zine-making related to the reading material. Most of the stories will be available on Stud.IP except for the anthology of insect-related horror stories, which you will need to purchase:
Daisy Butcher and Janette Leaf (eds.) Crawling Horror (British Library, 2021)
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