Alexander B. Joy
Comparative literature scholar and editor who prepared the MIT Press reissue of Flaxman Low; holds a PhD and is author of a monograph on related literary topics.
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Mar 15, 2026 • 25min
E. and H. Heron, "Flaxman Low: Occult Detective" (MIT Press, 2026)
Dr. Alexander B. Joy, a comparative literature scholar who edited the MIT Press reissue, reintroduces Flaxman Low, literature’s first professional occult detective. He recounts the strange cases from ghostly mansions to vampire and mummy encounters. Joy traces the Pritchards’ authorship, situates Low in late Victorian psychology and detective culture, and connects these tales to later weird fiction.
