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M. R. James. Montague Rhodes James OM FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English medievalist scholar and author who served as provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936) as well as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–1915). James's scholarly work is still highly ...
Biografia. M. R. James nasceu em Kent, filho de um clérigo. O escritor nunca casou. Realizou seus estudos em Cambridge, onde passou a maior parte de sua vida adulta. Ainda que seus trabalhos mais conhecidos sejam as histórias de fantasma, James já publicava artigos científicos na área da paleografia desde a década de 1890 ...
19 de mai. de 2021 · M. R. James, era, sob muitos aspectos o típico intelectual e gentleman inglês do fim da Era Vitoriana: professor de Estudos Medievais, diretor do King’s College, e vice-diretor da Universidade de Cambridge, Anglicano devoto e um conservador apoiador da hegemonia da Coroa Britânica.
In M. R. James’s ghost stories, objects are usually the link between the present and some horrifying past. And in this story, a scholar of medieval history (so far, so quintessential James) recounts how he found a series of clues which led him to hidden treasure: gold which belonged to an abbot.
31 de out. de 2016 · Many people regard M. R. James (1862-1936) as the finest writer of ghost stories in the English language. How did he come to write such highly regarded tales? In this post we offer a very short biography of M. R. James, focusing on the most curious or eye-catching aspects of his life.
Montague Rhodes James, who used the publication name M.R. James, was a noted English mediaeval scholar & provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–18) & of Eton College (1918–36). He's best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James is an omnibus collection of ghost stories by English author M. R. James', published in 1931, bringing together all but four of his ghost stories (which had yet to be published).
