Algernon Blackwood
Subtitle: an extraordinary life
By: Mike Ashley.
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
Subjects: Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Occultists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Occult fiction -- Authorship; Ghost stories -- Authorship; Supernatural in literature
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Algernon Blackwood was one of the greatest writers of supernatural fiction of the twentieth century. An indefatigable traveller, an undercover agent during the First World War, a Searcher for the Red Cross, he was also an extremely popular storyteller on radio and television - indeed, he appeared on the first ever television programme. He originated the play, The Starlight Express, was a member of the magical order of the Golden Dawn, and was acquainted with most of the literary and artistic establishment of his day from Hilaire Belloc to Arthur Machen, from Sinclair Lewis to H. G. Wells." "Blackwood revealed that all of his stories were based on personal experiences or those of his close friends. This from the man whose stories take us to a lonely island in the river Danube where two travellers face the cosmic powers of the Earth in all their might; and deep into the deserts of Egypt where a lone man witnesses the spirit of the ancient past rise up like a gigantic wall of sand." "Mike Ashley has been researching his life for more than twenty years and has discovered a wonderfully complex character - a profound mystic, a delightful storyteller, an innocent child, a wild adventurer, and a remarkable man."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-382) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The Weight of Ages (1869-79); title: 2 Spirits Awaken (1880-87); title: 3 Ghosts and Scholars (1887-89); title: 4 Northern Lights (1889-92); title: 5 The Depths of Hell (1892); title: 6 Dreams and Illusions (1893-95); title: 7 The Road to Recovery (1895-99); title: 8 Magical Moments (1899-1903); title: 9 The Road to Freedom (1895-99); title: 10 The World of Uncle Paul (1908-10); title: 11 The Peaks of Inspiration (1910-11); title: 12 The Spell of Maya (1912-13); title: 13 The Starlight Express (1913-15); title: 14 Blackwood at War (1916-18); title: 15 All the World's a Stage (1919-23); title: 16 Elsewhere and Otherwise (1923-27); title: 17 Fairylands (1927-34); title: 18 The Storyteller (1934-39); title: 19 The Ghost Man (1939-48); title: 20 A Very Wonderful Adventure (1949-51); title: Notes and References; title: Appendix: Blackwood's Family Trees; title: Blackwood's Books and Stories; title: Bibliography; title: Index.