Cover of Descriptive Catalogues of the Manuscripts in the Libraries of Some Cambridge Colleges

Descriptive Catalogues of the Manuscripts in the Libraries of Some Cambridge Colleges

by Unknown Author

540 pages2012Cambridge University PressISBN 9780511693472

Publication Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2012
Pages
540
ISBN
9780511693472

About Unknown Author

Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–18), and of Eton College (1918–36). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–15). Though James's work as a medievalist and scholar is still highly regarded, he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some regard as among the best in the genre. James redefined the ghost story for the new century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. However, James's protagonists and plots tend to reflect his own antiquarian interests. Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story". **Source**: [M. R. James](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._James) on Wikipedia.

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