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The uncanny reader: stories from the shadows / edited by Marjorie Sandor. — First U.S. edition. pages cm ISBN (trade paperback) ISBN (e- book) 1. Horror tales. 2. Paranormal fi ction. 3. Fantasy fi ction. 4. Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis), in literature. I. Sandor, Marjorie, editor. PNHU53 '— dc The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows opens with "The Sand-man," E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale of doppelgangers and automatons—a tale that inspired generations of writers and thinkers to come. Stories by 19th and 20th century masters of the uncanny—including Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, and Shirley Jackson—form a foundation for sixteen award-winning contemporary authors, established /5(9). The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows, edited and with an introduction by Marjorie Sandor. St. Martins Press From the deeply unsettling to the possibly supernatural, these thirty-one border-crossing stories from around the world explore the uncanny in literature, and delve into our increasingly unstable sense of self, home, and planet. The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows opens .

Marjorie Sandor's teaching and research interests include the literary uncanny and myth in American fiction. She has written four books, including the recently released memoir, The Late Interiors: A Life Under Construction (May , Arcade Publishing). In , St. Martins Press published her edited anthology, The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows, an international compilation of. The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows. by Marjorie Sandor, Anton Chekhov, Chris Adrian, et al. No Customer Reviews. From the deeply unsettling to the possibly supernatural, these thirty-one border-crossing stories from around the world explore the uncanny in literature, and delve into our increasingly unstable sense of self, home, and. Marjorie Sandor is the editor of The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows. She is also the author of four books of fiction and nonfiction. Her honors include the National Jewish Book Award in Fiction and the Oregon Book Award for literary nonfiction. She lives in Corvallis, Oregon and teaches at Oregon State University.

Marjorie Sandor is the author of four books, and most recently, the editor of the anthology The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows. Her other books include The Late Interiors: A Life Under Construction (), as well as a story collection, Portrait of my Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime, which won the National Jewish Book Award in Fiction, and an essay collection, The Night Gardener: A Search for Home won the Oregon Book Award for literary non-fiction. The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows. From the deeply unsettling to the possibly supernatural, these thirty-one border-crossing stories from around the world explore the uncanny in literature, and delve into our increasingly unstable sense of self, home, and planet. The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows opens with "The Sand-man," E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale of doppelgangers and automatons-a tale that inspired generations of writers and thinkers to come. The uncanny reader: stories from the shadows. [Marjorie Sandor;] -- From the deeply unsettling to the possibly supernatural, these thirty-one border-crossing stories from around the world explore the uncanny in literature, and delve into our increasingly unstable.