American Women's Ghost Stories in the Gilded Age
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Nonfiction, History
| Author: | D. Downey | ISBN: | 9781137323989 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | September 29, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | D. Downey |
| ISBN: | 9781137323989 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | September 29, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book shows just how closely late nineteenth-century American women's ghost stories engaged with objects such as photographs, mourning paraphernalia, wallpaper and humble domestic furniture. Featuring uncanny tales from the big city to the small town and the empty prairie, it offers a new perspective on an old genre.
This book shows just how closely late nineteenth-century American women's ghost stories engaged with objects such as photographs, mourning paraphernalia, wallpaper and humble domestic furniture. Featuring uncanny tales from the big city to the small town and the empty prairie, it offers a new perspective on an old genre.
