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Some Chinese Ghosts
I think that my best apology for the insignificant size of this volume is the very character of the material composing it. In preparing the legends I sought especially for "weird beauty"; and I could not forget this striking observation in Sir Walter Scott's "Essay on Imitations of the Ancient Ballad": "The supernatural, though appealing to certain powerful emotions very w...more
Paperback, 108 pages
Published
October 1st 2006
by Aegypan
(first published 1887)
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Hearn, Lafcadio. SOME CHINESE GHOSTS. (1887). ***. This was the first work presented in the Library of America’s volume of the writings of Hearn. It consists of several charming retellings of Chinese legends. They are all relatively short and to the point and written in a style that mimics the storytelling style of a Chinese sage. Several of them stand out above the rest. These were, “The Song of the Great Bell,” in which a young maiden sacrifices herself to enable her father to produce a bell t...more
Schwülstig und veraltet
Ich bin ein großer Verehrer der alten chinesischen Literatur, und insbesondere des Liaozhai Zhiyi des Pu Songling, einer Sammlung von Geistergeschichten aus der ausgehenden Ming-Zeit. Hearns Sammlung ist zwar deutlich neueren Datums, aber keineswegs als modern zu bezeichnen - während der Plot dieser Erzählungen sich zwar durchaus an diese alten Geschichten anlehnt, so ist der Stil doch durch und durch viktorianisch verquast und heutzutage kaum mehr lesbar. Schwülstig, labe...more
Ich bin ein großer Verehrer der alten chinesischen Literatur, und insbesondere des Liaozhai Zhiyi des Pu Songling, einer Sammlung von Geistergeschichten aus der ausgehenden Ming-Zeit. Hearns Sammlung ist zwar deutlich neueren Datums, aber keineswegs als modern zu bezeichnen - während der Plot dieser Erzählungen sich zwar durchaus an diese alten Geschichten anlehnt, so ist der Stil doch durch und durch viktorianisch verquast und heutzutage kaum mehr lesbar. Schwülstig, labe...more
No scary ghosts in this one. Not even all ghosts, really, not in the traditional sense. People committing suicide and being made into the substance of bells and vases made up two of the stories.
There were two I quite liked about supernatural brides. But a very brief and somewhat unsatisfactory read overall. I expect when Hearn translated these, they had the virtue of originality for his audience.
There were two I quite liked about supernatural brides. But a very brief and somewhat unsatisfactory read overall. I expect when Hearn translated these, they had the virtue of originality for his audience.
I am actually reading this and other Hearn in the Library of America edition and loving it.
Feb 11, 2011
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I really like the first story. But after that, none were grabbing me. (You can read them all for free here.
This version has a nice introduction. Okay, mainly it sticks out in my mind for its quotation of Sir Walter Scott on the supernatural in stories. I'm tempted to try to track down the full work, assuming it came from an essay. (Possibly "On the Supernatural in Fictitious Composition"?)
This version has a nice introduction. Okay, mainly it sticks out in my mind for its quotation of Sir Walter Scott on the supernatural in stories. I'm tempted to try to track down the full work, assuming it came from an essay. (Possibly "On the Supernatural in Fictitious Composition"?)
absolutely fascinating author. I'm going to continue reading his work and try to find a copy of his biography THE WANDERING GHOST.
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Lafcadio Hearn [aka Koizumi Yakumo] was born in Lefkas, Greece. He was a son of an army doctor Charles Hearn from Ireland and a Greek woman Rosa Cassimati. After making remarkable works in America as a journalist, he went to Japan in 1890 as a journey report writer of a magazine. But as soon as he arrived in Yokohama, he quit the job because of a dissatisfaction with the contract. After that, he m...more
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