Fiona Macleod

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I discovered this author only today, so forgive me my unusual excitement.
To tell the truth, the only paragraph (by this writer) I've read so far was enough to convince me that his works might appeal to potential TLO-ers.

Fiona Macleod (1855-1905) is a pseudonym of William Sharp (surprise, surprise), a Scottish poet who, under a woman’s name, has created his best novels and poems, including Pharais (1894), The Mountain Lovers (1895), and The Washer of the Ford (1896), as well as two plays, The House of Usna (1903) and The Immortal Hour (1908). All of these works treat life in Scotland, evoking a haunting, almost supernatural atmosphere.

Now, I wont say more because my knowledge about William Sharp is very small, and while googling his penname I discovered that there some members here at TLO who will surely have more to say than I do.

Some useful links (as always):

http://www.sundown.pair.com/SundownShores/webbklst.htm (The Collected Works of Fiona Macleod)


http://www2.sas.ac.uk/ies/cmps/Projects/Sharp/ (The William Sharp "Fiona Macleod" Archive)


http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/scottish_lit_2/Handouts/ri_pharais.htm#Yeats (Notes on William Sharp, Pharais, and Celticism.)
 
Yes, I have four of five old books by 'Fiona Macleod' and have been a fan of 'hers' for about forty years.
Congratulations on the discovery, Slawek, and thanks for sharing it with us.
des
 
There are a few of his/her short stories at Horrormasters. I haven't found the time, nor the need to read them yet, but on your recommendation Slawek, I guess I'll read some...
 
Des,
I knew you have delved into Fiona Macleod's works before from here. This is probably the only discussion board which features a discussion about this author. Interesting thoughts!


Elhi,
I find it quite amusing that you mentioned Horrormasters, since this is the website thanks to which I found this author. I visit Horrormasters every weekend to download the new stories which I would later print (at the end of each year), bind and create beautiful, A4, voluminous, hardcover books (no joke!). I've been following this ritual for 3 years now ( I've produced 14 volumes so far). Its a great site!

The aforementioned paragraph which inspired me to create this thread was somewhere in [ame=[URL]http://www.horrormasters.com/Text/a2277.pdf]Tragic[/URL] Landscapes[/ame] which appeared at Horrormasters last Saturday.
 
Slawek,

I also have a little ritual concerning HorrorMasters... It is not as spectacular as yours, but I try to visit them each day, download the daily story on my hard drive. Then each month, I make a recap to see if there is none missing, and I try to arrange the stories into folders with the date and title of the book they first appeared in. (I definetely prefer single author collections, so I usually delay reading the stories until I have a complete "volume").

Anyway, the pdf files downloaded there seem to be "protected" in some way, so I haven't been able to print some of them, or even cut and paste a quotation. How to you do that?
 
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