The Forgotten Gothic: Short Stories from British Literary Annuals 1823-1831. Zittaw Press (2012)
At long last this edition of Gothic short stories from British literary annuals will arrive on September 30, 2012 in October 2012. It’s been 5 years of much work in obtaining all 96 short stories from the most popular literary annuals published in London 1823-1831. The volume includes 26 engravings and all original page numbers to facilitate further work on this almost-invisible set of fiction.
I’ve been keynoting, writing, and blogging about these Gothic short stories for awhile now. It’s so exciting to finally see this editing work come to fruition. Though I struggled, I finally settled that this collection is not a scholarly edition. Annotating would have taken another 5 years because the short stories are so incredibly diverse from a myriad of authors. I leave that work to the scholars who will come after me.
The critical introduction highlights the popularity of literary annuals and supposes that the Gothic may have had a role (not just the poetry) in their economic success. After some cursory data mining, the findings were astonishing. Stay tuned for another article on the relationship between femininity and the Gothic in literary annuals at a later time (after we have a chance to deep data mine all of the stories, which we now have in raw text). The engravings, too, seem to belie a different Gothic aesthetic, one that does not necessarily match the terror, horror, and sublime of late Romanticism. Criteria for selecting the literary annuals and delineating the Gothic-ness of the short stories is included in the introduction.
Zittaw Press was the only press that would allow me to include all 96 stories along with the 20+ engravings and multiple appendices. In addition, general editor Professor Franz Potter originally promised a reasonable cost to facilitate student use in the college classroom: $30
The volume is available for pre-order now. Thank you for all of the communities for their help in this project!
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Table of Contents
List of Plates
Acknowledgements
A Note on the Text
Introduction
Forget Me Not
Anonymous, The Magic Mirror. A Polish Tale, FMN 1823, 133-153
Anonymous, The Ring; A True Narrative. From the Russian, FMN 1824, 107-125
Anonymous, The Grey Palmer: A Legend of Yorkshire, FMN 1824, 232-237
Anonymous,Pernicious Effects of Fortune-Telling, FMN 1824, 319-329
Jewsbury, Maria Jane [?],The Grave of the Suicide, FMN 1825, 219-230
White, Joseph Blanco, The Alcazar of Seville and the Tale of the Green Taper, FMN 1825, 31-54
Harral, Thomas, Days of Old, FMN 1826, 107-115
T., A.D. ,The Fairies’ Grot, FMN 1826, 119-135
A Traveller, The Lady of the Tower, FMN 1826, 166-177
Flora, Bolton Abbey, FMN 1826, 19-26
Anonymous, The Phantom Voice, FMN 1826, 317-337
Thomson, Richard, Saint Agnes’ Fountain. The Romance of a Finsbury Archer, FMN 1826, 350-378
Stafford, William Cooke, Woman’s Love, FMN 1826, 62-77
Hofland, Barbara ,The Regretted Ghost, FMN 1826, 79-101
Roby, John, The Haunted Manor-House, FMN 1827, 133-159
Roberts, Emma, Maximilian and his Daughter, FMN 1827, 219-226
Neele, Henry, The Comet, FMN 1827, 239-267
Shelley, Mary or Maria Jane Jewsbury [?], Lacy de Vere, FMN 1827, 275-294
Dods, Mary Diana, The Bridal Ornaments. A Legend of Thuringia., FMN 1827, 393-416
Dods, Mary Diana, The Three Damsels. A Tale of Halloween, FMN 1827, 79-86
Inglis, Henry, Kathed and Eurelia. A Bohemian Legend, FMN 1828, 237-243
Harral, Thomas, The House of Castelli, FMN 1828, 339-356
Roberts, Emma,The Halt on the Mountain, FMN 1828, 362-378
Neele, Henry, The Magician’s Visiter, FMN 1828, 91-98
Bird, John, The Cornet’s Widow, FMN 1829, 131-144
Neele, Henry, The Houri. A Persian Tale, FMN 1829, 165-178
Rosa, Giuseppe Guercino, FMN 1829, 193-208
Inglis, Henry D., The Musician of Augsburg, FMN 1829, 235-244
Hofland, Barbara,The Maid of the Beryl, FMN 1829, 253-267
Anonymous, The Magician of Vicenza, FMN 1829, 273-283
Bowdich, Sarah, Eliza Carthago, FMN 1829, 57-64
Shelley, Mary, The Euthanasia. A Story of Modern Greece, FMN 1829, 95-120
Beevor, M.L., St. Feinah’s Tree. A Legend of Loch Neagh, FMN 1830, 155-163
Moir, D.L., Kemp, The Bandit. A Legend of Castle Campbell, FMN 1830, 209-227
Richardson, David Lester,The Soldier’s Dream, FMN 1830, 234-237
Barker, Matthew Henry, Greenwich Hospital, FMN 1830, 241-255
Thompson, W. G. ,Fanny Lee, FMN 1830, 261-271
Thomson, Richard, The Antiquary and His Fetch. A Legend of the Strand, FMN 1830, 279-302
Bird, John, The Convent of St. Ursula, FMN 1830, 361-379
MacNish, Robert, The Red Man, FMN 1830, 49-65
Galt, John,The Omen, FMN 1830, 99-105
Thomson, Richard, The Haunted Hogshead. A Yankee Legend, FMN 1831, 145-154
Bird, John, The Haunted Chamber, FMN 1831, 279-300
Stone, William L., The Grave of the Indian King, FMN 1831, 101-118
Beevor, M.L., The Benshee of Shane. A Tradition of the North of Ireland, FMN 1831, 123-136
Hesketh, S. K., The Smuggler, FMN 1831, 165-182
McNaghten, Captain Sir William Hay, The Sacrifice. An Indian Tale, FMN 1831, 193-213
Moir, D.L., Bessy Bell and Mary Gray. A Scottish Legend of 1666, FMN 1831, 361-370
Chorley, H. F., The Elves of Caer-Gwyn, FMN 1831, 73-95
Friendship’s Offering
Anonymous, Lanucci. A Tale of the Thirteenth Century, FO 1825, 247-260
Anonymous, The Laughing Horseman. A Tale, FO 1826, 109-134
Anonymous ,Forgiveness. A Tale, FO 1826, 240-247
Ainsworth, William Harrison, Rosicrucian. A Tale, FO 1827, 38-63
Gillies, Robert Pearch, The Warning. A German Legend, FO 1829, 93-105
Inglis, Henry Rodolph, Rodolph, the Fratricide, FO 1830, 200-211
Inglis, Henry Rodolph, The Unholy Promise. A Norwegian Legend, FO 1831, 115-125
Kennedy, William, The Castle of St. Michael. A Tale, FO 1831, 159-178
The Keepsake
Shelley, Mary, Convent of Chaillot: or, Valliere and Louis XIV, KS 1828, 267-283
Ainsworth, William Harrison, The Ghost Laid, KS 1828, 286-300
Scott, Sir Walter, My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror, KS 1829, 1-44
Scott, Sir Walter, The Tapestried Chamber, or The Lady in the Sacque, KS 1829, 123-142
Shelley, Mary, Ferdinando Eboli. A Tale, KS 1829, 195-218
Shelley, Mary, The Sisters of Albano, KS 1829, 80-100
Shelley, Mary, The Evil Eye, KS 1830, 150-175
Shelley, Mary, The False Rhyme, KS 1830, 265-268
Shelley, Mary, The Mourner, KS 1830, 71-97
Shelley, Mary, Transformation, KS 1831, 18-39
The Literary Souvenir
Anonymous, The Golden Snuff-Box, LS 1825, 127-148
D., L. , New Year’s Eve. The Omens, LS 1825, 159-175
Maturin, Charles, Leixlip Castle. An Irish Family Legend, LS 1825, 211-232
Ainsworth, William Harrison, The Fortress of Saguntum, LS 1825, 259-263
Ainsworth, William Harrison, A Tradition of the Fortress of Saguntum, LS 1825, 264-282
Moir, D.L., The Old Manor-House, LS 1826, 181-200
Hogg, James, The Border Chronicler, LS 1826, 257-279
Roberts, Emma, Rosamunda. A Venetian Fragment, LS 1826, 305-312
Anonymous, The Diamond Watch, LS 1826, 53-74
Roberts, Emma ,The Bridal of St. Omer. A Tale, LS 1827, 145-163
Wilson, John, The Two Fathers, LS 1827, 19-27
Croker, Thomas Crofton, Clough Na Cuddy. A Killarney Legend, LS 1827, 233-243
Moir, D.L., Auld Robin Gray. The Original Story, LS 1827, 301-322
Galt, John, The Witch, LS 1827, 97-102
Griffin, Gerald, The Dilemma of Phadrig. A Tale of the Shannon Side, LS 1828, 3-19
Moir, D.L., The Pneumatologist, LS 1828, 325-334
Maginn, William, The City of the Demons, LS 1828, 73-84
Anonymous, The Sisters, LS 1829, 1-33
Maginn, William, A Vision of Purgatory, LS 1829, 228-246
Loundon, J.C., The Grotto of Akteleg. A Hungarian Legend, LS 1829, 330-343
Bulwer, Edward Lytton, A Manuscript found in a Madhouse, LS 1829, 56-66
Griffin, Gerald, The Rock of the Candle. A Tale of an Irish Ruin, LS 1829, 73-110
Grattan, Thomas Colley, The Love-Draught. A Tale of the Barrow-Side, LS 1830, 1-19
Galt, John, The Confession, LS 1830, 202-207
Howitt, William, Ithran the Demoniac, LS 1830, 289-306
Inglis, Henry, The City of the Desert, LS 1830, 64-71
Howitt, William, The Last of the Titans, LS 1831, 116-132
Anonymous, Lady Olivia’s Decamerone, LS 1831, 17-30
References & Works Cited
Appendix A: Comparison of Gothic Content in the Annuals
Appendix B: Chronological Index of British Literary Annual Titles
Appendix C: Other Literary Annual Contributions by Select Authors of Gothic Short Stories
Appendix D: Chronological Index of British Literary Annual Titles
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List of Plates
Forget Me Not; A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1826
Days of Old,
Woman’s Love
The Regretted Ghost
Forget Me Not; A Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1829
Fathime and Euphrosyne
Vicenza
Forget Me Not; A Christmas, New Year’s, and Birth-Day Present for 1830
Greenwich Hospital
Forget Me Not; A Christmas, New Year’s, and Birth-Day Present for 1831
Bessy Bell and Mary May
Friendship’s Offering: A Literary Album, and Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1829
The Warning
Friendship’s Offering: A Literary Album, and Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1831
The Mountain Torrent
Friendship’s Offering. A Literary Album for 1826
The Laughing Horseman
The Literary Souvenir; or, Cabinet of Poetry and Romance for 1825
Spain-Fortress of Saguntum
The Literary Souvenir; or, Cabinet of Poetry and Romance for 1827
Auld Robin Gray
The Literary Souvenir for 1829
The Sisters
Minny O’Donnell’s Toilet
The Literary Souvenir for 1831
The Narrative
The Keepsake for 1828
The Convent of Chaillot, or La Valliere & Louis the XIV
The Ghost Laid
The Keepsake for 1829
The Magic Mirror
The Tapestried Chamber
Adelinda
Lake Albano
The Keepsake for 1830
Zella
Francis the First & His Sister
Virginia Water [1]
Virginia Water [2]
The Keepsake for 1831
Juliet
Congratulations! Looks fantastic.