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|  | "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood
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Hello, and welcome to the public discussion forum of Fantastic Horror. The topic of this thread is "The Willows" (Part I) by Algernon Blackwood, featured in Issue #0.
In addition to promoting new talent, Fantastic Horror encourages appreciation of the classics. Perhaps you can shed some new light on this time-tested blood-curdler. Please take a moment to share your thoughts, and help keep the Fantastic Horror community alive!
If you haven't read the story yet, STOP RIGHT HERE and go read it!! This discussion may contain spoilers. At the end of the story, you'll find a link back to this thread.
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| | Re: "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood
« Reply #1 on Apr 4, 2007, 5:45pm » | |
i just found out that this story is cited as an example when you look up 'fantastic' in wikipedia.
here's what it says:
Quote:| Algernon Blackwood's story "The Willows", where two men travelling down the Danube River are beset by an eery feeling of malice and several improbable setbacks in their trip; the question that pervades the story is whether they are falling prey to the wilderness and their own imaginations, or if there really is something horrific out to get them. |
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according to the wiki article, the literary critic tzvetan todorov delineates 'the fantastic' between 'the uncanny' and 'the marvelous.' sounds like a guy with whom to party
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| | Re: "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood
« Reply #2 on Apr 5, 2007, 5:13am » | |
He's a real wild one.
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| | Re: "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood
« Reply #3 on Apr 5, 2007, 7:46am » | |
And here I thought it was between the improbable and the absurd. Todorov, huh?
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| | Re: "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood
« Reply #4 on Jun 1, 2007, 6:46am » | |
More information on Blackwood can be found here.
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