Wednesday 20 March 2013

The Green Book

There's a new journal in town - Dublin town. The Green Book is published by Brian Showers at Swan River Press, who describes it as offering 'Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature'. The contents are non-fiction, in other words, and the line-up of essayists and reviewers in Green Book 1 is truly impressive. And, to add some degree of intellectual balance, there's a bit by me as well...


Contents

"Editor's Note"
Brian J. Showers

"Towards an Irish Gothic: Part One"
Albert Power

"Spirits of Another Sort:
The Supernatural Theatre of Conor McPherson"
David Longhorn

"The Charm of Old Women's Tales:
Le Fanu's Use of Oral Tradition"
Jacqueline Simpson

"Adventures of a Dream Child:
Forrest Reid's Tom Barber Trilogy"
Dan Studer

"Four-Leaf Clovers"
Michael Dirda

"Reviews"
Ciaran Foy's Citadel (Bernice M. Murphy)
Derek John's The Aesthete Hagiographer (Rob Brown)
Brian J. Showers's Old Albert (John Kenny)
John Connolly's The Wrath of Angels (Bertrand Lucat)

"Notes on Contributors"

"Book Stalls"

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