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Montague Rhodes James

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 on Wikipedia.

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20th century British author, medievalist scholar and provost

Born 1 Aug 1862
Died 12 Jun 1936

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  • Cover of: The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Volume 3: A Descriptive Catalogue

    First published in 1902 7 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition westernmanuscri03librgoog Cover of edition westernmanuscrip00jame_518
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  • Cover of: The ghost stories of M.R. James

    First published in 1973 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ghoststoriesofmr0000jame
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  • Cover of: The Apocryphal New Testament, being the Apocryphal Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses, with other narratives and fragments

    First published in 1924 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition apocryphalnewtes0000unse
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  • Cover of: Suffolk and Norfolk: a perambulation of the two counties with notices of their history and their ancient buildings / by M. R. James ; illustrated by G.E. Chambers.

    First published in 1930 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Classic Ghost Stories

    First published in 2003 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition classicghoststor0000unse_a6j6
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  • Cover of: Casting the runes, and other ghost stories

    First published in 1987 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition castingrunesothe00mrja
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  • Cover of: Count Magnus and other ghost stories: the complete ghost stories of M.R. James

    First published in 2005 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: More Ghost Stories

    First published in 1959 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Penguin complete ghost stories of M.R. James.

    First published in 1984 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Nightmare Reader

    First published in 1973 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Penguin Book of Horror Stories

    First published in 1984 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester: Volume 2, Plates

    First published in 2011 5 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 2009 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Descriptive Catalogue of the Mcclean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum

    First published in 2009 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ghostly: a collection of ghost stories

    First published in 2015 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ghostlycollectio0000unse
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  • Cover of: Lists of manuscripts formerly in Peterborough abbey library

    First published in 1926 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The lost Apocrypha of the Old Testament: their titles and fragments

    First published in 1920 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition lostapocryphaofo0000jame
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  • Cover of: A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College.

    First published in 1895 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: On the Abbey of S. Edmund at Bury: I. The library. II. The church

    First published in 1895 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The sources of Archbishop Parker's collection of mss. at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: with a reprint of the catalogue of Thomas Markaunt's library

    First published in 1899 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition sourcesarchbisho00jame
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20th century British author, medievalist scholar and provost

Born 1 Aug 1862
Died 12 Jun 1936
Subjects
English Ghost stories, Fiction, Fiction, ghost, Manuscripts, Fiction, short stories (single author), Manuscripts, catalogs, Ghost stories, Catalogs, Great britain, antiquities, Horror tales, American Horror tales, Illumination of books and manuscripts, short stories, Children's fiction, Short stories, Bible, Fiction, horror, History, Horror stories, short story, American literature, Criticism, interpretation, horror, Bowhunting, Classic Literature
Places
Great Britain, England, London, Cambridge, New England, Ely, Eton College, Jamaica, Massachusetts, North America, Norwich, Salem Village, Toledo, Alabama, Baker Street, Bury Saint Edmunds (England), Calcutta, Cambridge (England), Dublin, Eng Wells, Falmouth, Germany (West), Illinois, India, Ireland
People
M. R. James (1862-1936), John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Aldhelm Saint (640?-709), Billy Weaver, Carlos, Christopher Mulholland, Devil, Faith Brown, Father Time, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Gregory W. Temple, Hugh Morgan, Matthew Parker (1504-1575), William Harker, A. Hamilton Thompson (1873-1952), Alban Saint (-304?), Archie, Berenice, Bill Hutchinson, Booth, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Colonel Sartoris, Duncan Ross
Time
Medieval, 1600s, 400-1400, To 400, 1861-65, 1880 - 1912, 1889, 1890, 19th century, 20th century, 400-1450, Antebellum era, Jusqu'à 400, carnival

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  • M. R. 1862-1936 James
  • M. R. (Montague Rhodes) 1862- James

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March 17, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
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