Visions of an Unseen World
Ghost Beliefs and Ghost Stories in Eighteenth Century England
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, History
| Author: | Sasha Handley | ISBN: | 9781317315247 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | September 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sasha Handley |
| ISBN: | 9781317315247 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | September 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
A study of the production, circulation and consumption of English ghost stories during the Age of Reason. This work examines a variety of mediums: ballads and chapbooks, newspapers, sermons, medical treatises and scientific journals, novels and plays. It relates the telling of ghost stories to changes associated with the Enlightenment.
A study of the production, circulation and consumption of English ghost stories during the Age of Reason. This work examines a variety of mediums: ballads and chapbooks, newspapers, sermons, medical treatises and scientific journals, novels and plays. It relates the telling of ghost stories to changes associated with the Enlightenment.
