One of the foremost British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (18691951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Though he wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writers except Dunsanys.
Blackwoods literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories,
, featuring a psychic doctor. His two best known stories are probably The Willows and The Wendigo.
, by Algernon Blackwood (18691951), was first published in 1916.
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