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The Highwayman
07-10-2013, 07:11 PM
Hello Everyone,

I was hoping someone could assist me in remembering the name of the author and/ or the short story I am trying to remember. Around seven years ago, when I was in my English 102 class, one of my favorite professors fortunately had us read a lot of Poe and Le Fanu. It was a great class. We read a lot of the horror genre. For the life of me, I cannot remember the short story or author he had us read around the same time as Le Fanu. I believe it was a short story about bringing a man back from the dead via hypnosis to explain what had happened to him. The theme was definitely a man returning from the dead for a short period of time.

Does anyone happen to know anything about this short story? I have tried looking through my old syllabus and old course work for the course, but cannot find anything. Sadly, I cannot find the story either. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Speaking of Le Fanu and the horror genre. Does anyone have any recommendations for anything along the same grain? I remember feeling so enthralled in the Le Fanu short stories and I was hoping for a similar feeling. Thanks!

JCamilo
07-10-2013, 07:40 PM
Poe, The Facts in the Case of Mr.Valdemar.

you can try guys like Washington Irving, Horácio Quiroga, Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, E.T.Hoffman, Stevenson...

The Highwayman
07-10-2013, 07:48 PM
Awesome! I've wondered about this for years! Thank you so much!

Calidore
07-10-2013, 08:11 PM
M.R. James is treated with the same reverence as LeFanu, with good reason.

The Highwayman
07-11-2013, 05:59 PM
Thank you both very much! I will look into all of these authors!