Lafcadio Hearn was a writer particularly gifted at translating a foreign aesthetic for a Western audience. Hearn's writing is always lyrical and passionate, and in this collection of essays and tales-not all of which are on subjects Japanese, unlike his most popular works-we see also his most refined workmanship and most intellectual discourse. Whether an extrapolation on Goblin Poetry, a discussion of the existential question, a passionate retelling of a mythic tale, or an illustration of Japan's social philosophy, the pieces herein form a portrait of a man who is taking us somewhere fantastic, but making us feel at home all the way.
Novels
Collections
Stray Leaves from Strange Literature (1884)
Gombo Zhebes (1885)
Some Chinese Ghosts (1887)
Gleanings in Buddha-Fields (1897)
In Ghostly Japan (1899)
Shadowings (1900)
A Japanese Miscellany (1901)
Kotto (1902)
Kwaidan (1904)
The Romance of the Milky Way (1905)
Fantastics and Other Fancies (1914)
Karma (1918)
The Selected Writings of Lafcadio Hearn (1949)
Collected Works (1990)
Gaslit Horror (2008) (with Bernard Capes and Robert W Chambers)
Japanese Ghost Stories (2019)
Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn (2019) (with Andrei Codrescu and Jack Zipes)
Gombo Zhebes (1885)
Some Chinese Ghosts (1887)
Gleanings in Buddha-Fields (1897)
In Ghostly Japan (1899)
Shadowings (1900)
A Japanese Miscellany (1901)
Kotto (1902)
Kwaidan (1904)
The Romance of the Milky Way (1905)
Fantastics and Other Fancies (1914)
Karma (1918)
The Selected Writings of Lafcadio Hearn (1949)
Collected Works (1990)
Gaslit Horror (2008) (with Bernard Capes and Robert W Chambers)
Japanese Ghost Stories (2019)
Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn (2019) (with Andrei Codrescu and Jack Zipes)
Novellas
Non fiction
Lafcadio Hearn's Creole Cookbook (1885)
aka La Cuisine Creole
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894)
Essays in European and Oriental Literature (1977)
Two Years in the French West Indies (1983)
American Writings (2018)
aka La Cuisine Creole
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894)
Essays in European and Oriental Literature (1977)
Two Years in the French West Indies (1983)
American Writings (2018)
Anthologies containing stories by Lafcadio Hearn
And the Darkness Falls (1946)
The Nightmare Reader Volume 1 (1973)
Oriental Tales of Terror (1974)
The Ghost's Companion (1975)
The Ghostmasters (1976)
Forgotten Tales of Terror (1978)
Black Water (1983)
Zombie (1985)
Great Short Stories of the World (1986)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
The Giant Book of Myths and Legends (1995)
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995)
Bodies of the Dead (1995)
Blood Thirst (1997)
The Nightmare Reader Volume 1 (1973)
Oriental Tales of Terror (1974)
The Ghost's Companion (1975)
The Ghostmasters (1976)
Forgotten Tales of Terror (1978)
Black Water (1983)
Zombie (1985)
Great Short Stories of the World (1986)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
The Giant Book of Myths and Legends (1995)
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995)
Bodies of the Dead (1995)
Blood Thirst (1997)
Short stories
Black Hair | |||
Haceldama | |||
Hoichi-the-earless | |||
The Screen-maiden | |||
The Legend of Tchi-Niu (1887) | |||
The Return of Yen-Tchin-King (1887) | |||
The Soul of the Great Bell (1887) | |||
The Story of Ming-Y (1887) | |||
The Tale of the Porcelain-God (1887) | |||
The Tradition of the Tea Plant (1887) | |||
The Country of the Comers-back (1889) | |||
The Reconciliation (1900) | |||
Of a Promise Kept (1901) | |||
The Story of Chugoro (1902) | |||
A Dead Secret (1904) | |||
Yuki-Onna (1904) | |||
L'Amour apres la Morte (1914) |
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