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Shiel in Diverse Hands

A. Reynolds Morse

First published 1983
Series The Works of M.P. Shiel #4
Publisher Reynolds Morse Foundation
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Catalog ID 006930505
Pages 490
Price $32.50

Collection of 29 essays on the work of M. P. Shiel, plus 3 essays by him. Volume IV of "The Works of M. P. Shiel" (From {{OCLC|10120535}}) There was also a 100 copy hardcover edition for $48.00.

Year Reviewer Publication
1984 Roger C. Schlobin Fantasy Review, July 1984
1984 John R. Pfeiffer Fantasy Review, August 1984
1986 Richard E. Geis Science Fiction Review, Fall 1986

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 An Uncrowned Lord of Language Alan Tytheridge Essay
15 A Prolegomenon Carl Van Vechten Essay
23 The Purple Cloud and Its Author Edward Shanks Essay
31 Shiel versus Shiel Paul Spencer Essay
57 The Dark Plots of One Shiel Sam Moskowitz Essay
69 On Digging Shiel Malcolm M. Ferguson Essay
75 Shiel, Van Vechten and the Question of Color Walter Goldwater Essay
77 The Shape of Shiel 1865-1896: A Biography of the Early Years Harold Billings Essay
109 Shiel versus the Renegade Romantic George Hay Essay
115 An Introduction to The Purple Cloud David Hartwell Essay
123 M.P. Shiel 1865-1947 E. F. Bleiler Essay
132 M.P. Shiel: Humorist? E. F. Bleiler Essay
133 A Primate of Pure Prose: M.P. Shiel's Short Stories Mike Barrett Essay
143 The Short Stories of M.P. Shiel - A Chronological Listing Mike Barrett Essay
145 Two Notes on Shiel's Style August Derleth Essay
147 My Search for Elusive Shiel Material W. O. G. Lofts Essay
153 Magazines Containing Works by M.P. Shiel W. O. G. Lofts Essay
159 The Book Collector and M.P. Shiel George Locke Essay
171 The Illustrated Shiel Robert Arrington Essay
175 Prince Zaleski and Count Stenbock Stephen Wayne Foster Essay
179 The Mysteries of M.P. Shiel Don Herron Essay
195 You Can't Get There from Here: "How the Old Woman Got Home" and M.P. Shiel as Thinker James Wade Essay
205 A Reluctant Monarch James Edward Holroyd & Jon Wynne-Tyson Interview
208 M.P. Shiel: Right Royal Fantasist Jon Wynne-Tyson Essay
213 Why is Shiel Neglected? Colin Wilson Essay
223 "M.P. Shiel and Secret Societies" Steve Eng Essay
233 "M.P. Shiel and Arthur Machen": Parallels in Life and Letters Steve Eng Essay
249 Some Contemporary Themes in Shiel's Early Novels: The Dragon's Tale: M.P. Shiel on the Emergence of Modern China John D. Squires Essay
303 Some Contemporary Themes in Shiel's Early Novels: Steel Afloat: M.P. Shiel on Naval Warfare John D. Squires Essay
329 The New King (Shiel's Final Novel): An Appreciation David A. Drake Essay
331 M.P. Shiel the Author - Still Unknown A. Reynolds Morse Essay
343 The Rose Beyond the Thunders and the Whirlpools W. Scott Home Essay
357 Villain, Vaudevillian and Saint: The Literary Tradition as a Source for the Jew in Shiel Ben P. Indick Essay
369 The Politics of Evolution: Philosophical Themes in the Speculative of M.P. Shiel Brian Stableford Essay
395 On M.P. Shiel: A Selection John Gawsworth Essay
406 An Essay on Printing M. P. Shiel Essay
409 Editor's Preface to "On Reading (and Writing)" A. Reynolds Morse Essay
411 On Reading [from This Knot of Life] · · ar Everett & Co. 1909 · [from Science, Life and Literature] · · ar Williams and Norgate 1950 · M. P. Shiel Essay
449 On Reading and Of Writing M. P. Shiel Essay
485 Henrygeorgia uncredited Short Fiction

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Shiel in Diverse Hands 1983 Reynolds Morse Foundation Hardcover Nonfiction 490