Cover of Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the University Library, Aberdeen

Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the University Library, Aberdeen

by Unknown Author

188 pages2012Cambridge University PressISBN 9780511920127

Publication Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2012
Pages
188
ISBN
9780511920127

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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