A pioneer of the Gothic novel, Ann Radcliffe's atmospheric tales of forlorn landscapes, haunted ruins and spine-tingling adventures helped the Gothic genre to a

The sci-fi writer John Wyndham produced innovative works examining the human struggle for survival when catastrophic natural phenomena suddenly invade a comfort

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The Australian-born British novelist Elizabeth von Arnim was a member of the literary glitterati, her cousin being Katherine Mansfield, her children tutored by

The most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan, Matsuo Basho was of samurai descent and a Zen Buddhist, who became a master of haiku. He helped create a new st