Roger Dobson Knihy

Oslňujúca novela írskeho spisovateľa Josepha Sheridana Le Fanu (1814 - 1874) vznikla takmer štvrťstoročie pred publikovaním asi najslávnejšieho hororu - románu Dracula. Neodškriepiteľným faktom však ostáva, že Bram Stoker sa pri písaní svojho románu inšpiroval práve dielom o uhrančivo krásnej Carmille. Sheridan Le Fanu napísal svoj strašidelný príbeh v duchu takzvaných gotických románov, no zároveň vytvoril intímnu a na svoju dobu až prekvapivo dráždivú lesbickú lovestory. Tento základný kameň upírskej literatúry patrí k najkrajším literárnym dielam viktoriánskej éry, v ktorých si podáva ruku krása a hrôza, nevinnosť a hriech, láska a smrť.

And 99 other hypotheses. Ever wonder why babies suck their fingers, or why humans have chins? Want to know how bad TV shows cause dementia, or are you curious about how the moon causes gout attacks, and how shaving increases the risk of cancer? If you are curious about health, science, and the world around - and above - you, read on; if you are? (from the back cover of the book)

Why did W.B. Yeats want a hair from the head of Aleister Crowley, and how did the artist Althea Gyles get it for him? What was the terrible lesson learned by scholar and demonologist the Reverend Montague Summers? Why was Sherlock Holmes reticent about his college years? Which unlikely chronicler of the decadents numbered among his friends Christine Keeler, Sir Oswald Mosely, Colin Wilson and an assortment of beat poets? This volume is a tribute to Roger Dobson (1954-2013), who had a keen eye for the strangest outposts of literature. The twenty essays offered here demonstrate why the eminent Spanish novelist Javier Marias described Dobson as