Visions of an Unseen World Ghost Beliefs and Ghost Stories in Eighteenth-Century England |
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| Author:
| Handley, Sasha |
| Series title: | Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85196-549-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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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.