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The ghost story 1840-1920
A cultural history
Taschenbuch von Andrew Smith
Sprache: Englisch

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The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History is the first book length analysis of the British ghost story in over thirty years. It includes readings of the economic, national, colonial, and gender contexts of the ghost story and provides a new and important critical re-evaluation of writers including Dickens, Collins, Henry James, and M.R. James.
The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History is the first book length analysis of the British ghost story in over thirty years. It includes readings of the economic, national, colonial, and gender contexts of the ghost story and provides a new and important critical re-evaluation of writers including Dickens, Collins, Henry James, and M.R. James.
Über den Autor
Andrew Smith is an aircraft structure technician, writer, designer, and illustrator. He has a special interest in spiritual connectivity and the wide-ranging forces of harmony, wisdom, patience, prudence, and discipline. He lives in Ottawa with his family.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Seeing the Spectre: an economic theory of the Ghost Story
2. Dickens's Spectres: sight, money and reading the ghost story
3. Money and Machines: Wilkie Collins's ghosts
4. Love, Money, and History: The Female Ghost Story
5. Reading ghosts and reading texts: spiritualism
6. Haunted Houses and History: Henry James's Anglo-American Ghosts
7. Colonial ghosts: mimicry, history, and laughter
8. M.R. James's Gothic Revival
Conclusion
Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780719087868
ISBN-10: 0719087864
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Smith, Andrew
Hersteller: Manchester University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Smith
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.02.2012
Gewicht: 0,336 kg
Artikel-ID: 121137312
Über den Autor
Andrew Smith is an aircraft structure technician, writer, designer, and illustrator. He has a special interest in spiritual connectivity and the wide-ranging forces of harmony, wisdom, patience, prudence, and discipline. He lives in Ottawa with his family.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Seeing the Spectre: an economic theory of the Ghost Story
2. Dickens's Spectres: sight, money and reading the ghost story
3. Money and Machines: Wilkie Collins's ghosts
4. Love, Money, and History: The Female Ghost Story
5. Reading ghosts and reading texts: spiritualism
6. Haunted Houses and History: Henry James's Anglo-American Ghosts
7. Colonial ghosts: mimicry, history, and laughter
8. M.R. James's Gothic Revival
Conclusion
Bibliography
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780719087868
ISBN-10: 0719087864
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Smith, Andrew
Hersteller: Manchester University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Smith
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.02.2012
Gewicht: 0,336 kg
Artikel-ID: 121137312
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