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The Willows - Perhaps his most celebrated story, was influenced heavily by Blackwood's own trips down the Danube River. It tells the story of two campers who pick the wrong place to sleep for the night, a place where another dimension impinges on our own. H.P. Lovecraft considered this the finest supernatural tale in English literature. (Citation needed. Altough in "Supernatural Horror in Literature" Lovecraft praises 'The Willows', he doesn't say the book is that good, or the best of any kind. However, in S.T. Joshi's explanatory notes for 'The Call of the Cthulhu' in "The Call of the Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories" Lovecraft is said to have ranked 'The Willows' as the finest tale in weird literature.") —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.103.217.218 ( talk) March 10, 2007
I myself don't care for what could be called 'the literature of the uncanny'. It's mostly trashy. But I think The Willows is a beautiful and thrilling piece of work which completely transcends the genre. (So does The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, or Dickens' Christmas Carol to name some famous examples....} 169.229.139.9 ( talk) 22:47, 3 October 2008 (UTC)Karl
Sincere thanks to the person who has been been doing this very worthwhile work on the Algernon Blackwood page recently. He's a terribly underrated author (and sadly, virtually forgotten nowadays), so I'm happy to see someone recognise him for the significant science-fiction/horror pioneer that he was. The quote from Lovecraft is accurate, just needs citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mardiste ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I too would like to add my thanks for this excellent and sensitive article. I don't think Algernon Blackwood himself would have been capable of remaining within Wikipedia specifications! But he had other talents.... 169.229.139.9 ( talk) 22:39, 3 October 2008 (UTC)Karl
"A variation on the were-wolf story." To what exactly does this refer? To a previously written story about werewolves, or to werewolf folklore in general? ZFT ( talk) 04:13, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
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Susmuffin may think "The bibliography was far too long", but since they failed to actually create a replacement article to contain this information, wikipedia now doesn't have any bibliography of Blackwood period, so I will be undoing his recent edit and restoring the bibliography. If the editor feels like it's too long, they are welcome to make it, but to scrub this information off Wikipedia completely in this way is just too much.
Ummunmutamnag ( talk) 14:31, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
This is how I'm going to add a bibliography back to the page then, if anyone has any issues, feel free to comment
Works
By date of first publication:
Children's novels:
By date of first performance:
By date of first publication:
Ummunmutamnag ( talk) 14:52, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
How come a non-free image is used here? There is a perfectly good photo of him on Wikimedia: - KnightofFaerië ( talk) 18:29, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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The Willows - Perhaps his most celebrated story, was influenced heavily by Blackwood's own trips down the Danube River. It tells the story of two campers who pick the wrong place to sleep for the night, a place where another dimension impinges on our own. H.P. Lovecraft considered this the finest supernatural tale in English literature. (Citation needed. Altough in "Supernatural Horror in Literature" Lovecraft praises 'The Willows', he doesn't say the book is that good, or the best of any kind. However, in S.T. Joshi's explanatory notes for 'The Call of the Cthulhu' in "The Call of the Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories" Lovecraft is said to have ranked 'The Willows' as the finest tale in weird literature.") —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.103.217.218 ( talk) March 10, 2007
I myself don't care for what could be called 'the literature of the uncanny'. It's mostly trashy. But I think The Willows is a beautiful and thrilling piece of work which completely transcends the genre. (So does The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, or Dickens' Christmas Carol to name some famous examples....} 169.229.139.9 ( talk) 22:47, 3 October 2008 (UTC)Karl
Sincere thanks to the person who has been been doing this very worthwhile work on the Algernon Blackwood page recently. He's a terribly underrated author (and sadly, virtually forgotten nowadays), so I'm happy to see someone recognise him for the significant science-fiction/horror pioneer that he was. The quote from Lovecraft is accurate, just needs citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mardiste ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I too would like to add my thanks for this excellent and sensitive article. I don't think Algernon Blackwood himself would have been capable of remaining within Wikipedia specifications! But he had other talents.... 169.229.139.9 ( talk) 22:39, 3 October 2008 (UTC)Karl
"A variation on the were-wolf story." To what exactly does this refer? To a previously written story about werewolves, or to werewolf folklore in general? ZFT ( talk) 04:13, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
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Susmuffin may think "The bibliography was far too long", but since they failed to actually create a replacement article to contain this information, wikipedia now doesn't have any bibliography of Blackwood period, so I will be undoing his recent edit and restoring the bibliography. If the editor feels like it's too long, they are welcome to make it, but to scrub this information off Wikipedia completely in this way is just too much.
Ummunmutamnag ( talk) 14:31, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
This is how I'm going to add a bibliography back to the page then, if anyone has any issues, feel free to comment
Works
By date of first publication:
Children's novels:
By date of first performance:
By date of first publication:
Ummunmutamnag ( talk) 14:52, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
How come a non-free image is used here? There is a perfectly good photo of him on Wikimedia: - KnightofFaerië ( talk) 18:29, 12 January 2022 (UTC)