Tagged “Thomas de Quincey”
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Side Excursion: The Struggling Astrologer, Issue One
In my previous post, I tracked down the origin of the story called "The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century" in Henry St. Clair's anthology Tales of Terror/Evening Tales for the Winter. That search led me to St. Clair's source: a story entitled...
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Notes on Der Freischutz
I thought this post would be straightforward, but then I dug too deep. "Der Freischutz" (aka "The Fatal Marksman") is yet again a deal-with-the-devil tale. It's based on the German folktale of a hunter who receives a handful of magic...
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Notes on The Magic Dice
"The Magic Dice" opens up Volume One of Evening Tales for the Winter. It's a nice example of the "deal with the devil" story, about a young soldier who is offered a pair of always-lucky dice by what appears to be the ghost of his dead...
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