Hearn, Lafcadio

27 June 1850 - 26 September 1904

Born in Greece to an Irish father and Greek mother, Hearn spent much of his early life in Ireland and English, coming as a young man to America (Cincinnati, of all places, for eight years, then some time in New Orleans) where he developed and blossomed as a writer. Hearn spend much of his later life in Japan, becoming a naturalized citizen. His 1904 volume Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things is perhaps the work for which he is best known today; it continues to serve as an introduction of non-Western supernaturalism to a Western audience.

Sites:
Biographical note
[Wikipedia]
Lafcadio Hearn
Includes biographical info, bibliography, and links. [Steve Trussel]
Brief biographical note
[Columbia Encyclopedia]
Lafcadio Hearn
Mostly etext links. [Eric Eldred]
Brief biographical note
[NNDB]
Brief biographical note a LitGothic etext
[John W. Cousins, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, 1910]
Brief biographical note
[Cincinnati Public Library]
Exploring Lafcadio Hearn
A site devoted to Hearn's travels and life in Japan, it also features a brief biography. PROBLEMATIC LINK
Bibliography
[FantasticFiction]
Bibliography
[SciFan]
Bibliography note
With links to etexts in MS Reader format. [E-Asia Digital Library / U of Oregon Libraries]
Hearn Hyper-Concordance
Part of the The Victorian Literary Studies Archive, this concordance allows you to search etexts by Hearn, including Kwaidan and In Ghostly Japan.


Etexts:
Many of the stories below are from Hearn's collection Kwaidan, also available as a Project Gutenberg etext (234K).


Chin Chin Kobakama
This is Hearn's translation of a traditional Japanese fairy tale (or two tales, actually, w/ the shorter second one apparently a variant of the first). This site features nice images of this 1905 illustrated work - an e-facsimile, basically - along w/ the transcribed text. A real treat; the illustrations, by an unidentified artist, are an absolute delight. [The Art Bin]
"Diplomacy" [1904]
- at Eric Eldred's site (6K)
- at Gaslight (6K)
"Jikininki" [1904]
- at Scott Bessho's site (13K)
- at Gaslight (13K)
"Mujina" [1904]
- at Steve Trussel's site (5K)
- at Gaslight (6K)
"The Story of O-tei" [1904]
- at Steve Trussel's site (8K)
- at Gaslight (9K)
"Of a Mirror and a Bell" [1904]
- at Steve Trussel's site (11K)
- at Gaslight (11K)
"The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hôïchi" [1904]
- at Eric Eldred's site (27K)
- at Gaslight (28K)
"Yuki-Onna" [1904] (10K) [Steve Trussel]
"Oshidori" [1904]
- at Eric Eldred's site (6K)
- at Gaslight (5K)
"Ubazakuru" [1904]
- at Gaslight (5K)
"Rokuro-kubi" [1904]
- at Gaslight (25K)
"The Cedar Closet" [1874] (23K) [Gaslight]
"A Ghost Story"  [1884]
Authorship attribution uncertain. (11K) [Gaslight]
  



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