The Stark Munro Letters by James Machin Hardcover Book

Description: The Stark Munro Letters by James Machin First scholarly edition of Conan Doyles semi-autobiographical, epistolary novel originally published at the height of his initial fame, 18949. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is the first scholarly edition of Arthur Conan Doyles epistolary novel, originally serialised in the Idler, 189495, and long out of print. With its first-hand testimony of the life of a doctor at the outset of his career in the late nineteenth century, The Stark Munro Letters will appeal to anyone with an interest in medical history. It is based on his experiences during the eight years he spent as a General Practitioner, before becoming a professional author in 1890. By some way the most autobiographical of Conan Doyles novels-written at the height of Holmess popularity-it is also the most personal in terms of presenting his worldview during his formative years, including ruminations on moral philosophy, religion, science, and evolutionary theory. Moreover, it is entertaining and incredibly vivid-a contemporary critic described the mercurial Cullingworth as one of the finest characters Dr. Doyle has yet drawn Author Biography James Machin is an associate researcher at Birkbeck, University of London. His editorial work includes British Weird Tales (Handheld Press, 2020), Faunus: the Decorative Imagination of Arthur Machen (Strange Attractor, 2019), Of Mud and Flame: a Pendas Fen Sourcebook (Strange Attractor, 2019), a special edition of Textual Practice on weird fiction (31:6, 2017), Twixt Dog and Wolf (1901) by C. F. Keary (Valancourt Books, 2017), Arthur Machens The Cosy Room and other stories (Tartarus Press, 2016), and co-editing Arthur Machens 1890s Notebook (Tartarus Press, 2016). Since 2013 he has been editor and co-editor of Faunus, the journal of the Arthur Machen society, and he has also been an editorial assistant on the Birkbeck journal 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century. He has published work--including a monograph and peer-reviewed essays and chapters--on the Gothic, supernatural, and decadent and fin-de-siècle literature and culture, and in 2017, he undertook a six-month research project on representations of brain surgery in Victorian fiction, with a grant from the Birkbeck/Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund. Review James Machin has given us the definitive edition of this most personal of Conan Doyles fictions. His expertly edited and richly annotated volume will be a boon to scholars and a source of pleasure for all readers. Inventive, entertaining, and subtly wise, The Stark Munro Letters is ripe for rediscovery.--Stephen Arata, University of Virginia Details ISBN1399513931 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781399513937 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-12-31 Imprint Edinburgh University Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom UK Release Date 2024-12-31 Author James Machin Pages 368 Edited by James Machin Series The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle ISBN-10 1399513931 AU Release Date 2025-04-08 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:169070628;

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