unearthliness

To see how the appearance of the lusty hero in the halls of woe can heighten the tragic interest by the sheer force of contrast, we must turn to the 'Alcestis' of Euripides, where the death of Alcestis and the strange conflict of Hercules with Death is treated with just that touch of mystery and unearthliness which is absent from the libretto which Gluck was called upon to set.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

Clary had seen some of the fey before at Magnuss party and had been struck by both their cold beauty and a certain wild unearthliness they possessed even when they were dancing and drinking.

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

Clary had seen some of the fey before at Magnuss party and had been struck by both their cold beauty and a certain wild unearthliness they possessed even when they were dancing and drinking.

City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008

The strangeness of what we were about to do, the unearthliness of it, overwhelmed me.

First Men in the Moon Herbert George 2006

Ruth, all dream, all unearthliness gone from a face now a tragic mask of human woe and terror.

The Metal Monster 2004

It was not, this time, the unearthliness he had seen in the dog; it was a sudden shock of feeling that he had seen them somewhere before.

Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002

It was not, this time, the unearthliness he had seen in the dog; it was a sudden shock of feeling that he had seen them somewhere before.

Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002

It was not, this time, the unearthliness he had seen in the dog; it was a sudden shock of feeling that he had seen them somewhere before.

Greenwitch Susan Cooper 2002

It was not, this time, the unearthliness he had seen in the dog; it was a sudden shock of feeling that he had seen them somewhere before.

The Grey King Susan Cooper 2001

It was not, this time, the unearthliness he had seen in the dog; it was a sudden shock of feeling that he had seen them somewhere before.

The Grey King Susan Cooper 2001