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Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes (Tales of the Weird)

Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes (Tales of the Weird)

Current price: $15.95
Publication Date: June 1st, 2021
Publisher:
British Library Publishing
ISBN:
9780712353588
Pages:
320

Description

Since Odysseus’ curious crew first unleashed the bag of winds gifted him by Aeolus, the God of Winds, literature has been awash with tales of bad or strange weather. From the flood myths of Babylon, the Mahabharata and the Bible, to 20th century psychological storms, this foray into troubled waters, heat waves, severe winters, hurricanes, and hailstones, offers the perfect read on a rainy day—or night. Featuring a selection of some of the finest writers in the English language—Algernon Blackwood, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, and more—this collection of weird tales will delight and disturb.

About the Author

Kevan Manwaring is Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Leicester, and the author of The Windsmith Elegy fantasy series. He is also an active poet and poetry historian whose books include The Bardic Handbook and Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold.