Eric Stenbock (1860–1895)
Auteur de Studies of Death
A propos de l'auteur
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Œuvres de Eric Stenbock
Oeuvres associées
Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories (2010) — Contributeur — 291 exemplaires
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Contributeur — 184 exemplaires
Pages Passed from Hand to Hand: The Hidden Tradition of Homosexual Literature in English from 1748 to 1914 (1998) — Contributeur — 170 exemplaires
Terrifying Transformations: An Anthology of Victorian Werewolf Fiction, 1838-1896 (2012) — Contributeur — 18 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Stenbock, Eric Stanislaus
- Autres noms
- Stenbock, Eric (birth name)
- Date de naissance
- 1860-03-12
- Date de décès
- 1895-04-26
- Lieu de sépulture
- Brighton Catholic Cemetery, England, UK
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Estonia
- Lieu de naissance
- Thirlestanine Hall, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Withdeane Hall, Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- cirrhosis of the liver
- Études
- Balliol College, Oxford
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 16
- Aussi par
- 15
- Membres
- 207
- Popularité
- #106,920
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 18
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 2
“Hylas” is one of the obviously gay stories. The narrator, artist Gabriel Glynde, takes young Lionel under his wing after using him as a model for his portrait of David. A love triangle leads to the bitter end. Although this one is short and simple, Glynde’s love for Lionel is pretty blatant and the paintings that are described mirror the changing relations among the characters. “Narcissus” continues the contemplation of male beauty, as the narrator of this one is, like the title character, in love with himself, which unfortunately leads to a dramatic reversal. “The Death of a Vocation” is probably the only one without the stabs of violence present in all the other stories. Given Stenbock’s homosexuality, the story could be seen as a depiction of a seemingly normal heterosexual marriage that is, in fact, something quite different. “Viol D’Amor” at first depicts a happy, loving, artistic Italian family, but a series of bizarre decisions lead to the unhappy end. “The Egg of the Albatross” has a fairy-tale feel, describing the strange but contented life of the orphaned girl Marina, who was found by her adopted parents and lives in a lighthouse. Marina is very much a child of nature and collects eggs to support herself, as she is accepted by the birds of the island as one of their own. Unfortunately, the encroaching tourism on the island is a threat to her simple life. “The True Story of a Vampire” is similar to the classic vampire story “Carmilla” but with men, although this one lacks the breathless intensity of Sheridan Le Fanu’s work. “The Worm of Luck” also has various reversals, as a Romani boy who flees his home finds success for a while but can’t escape his past.
Strange but oddly compelling stories.… (plus d'informations)