Visions of an unseen world : ghost beliefs and ghost stories in eighteenth-century England / Sasha Handley.

  • Handley, Sasha.
Date:
2007
  • Books

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Description

This volume describes the haunting of 18th century England. It provides an in-depth study of the production, circulation and consumption of English ghost stories during the Age of Reason.

Publication/Creation

London : Pickering & Chatto, 2007.

Physical description

ix, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-277) and index.

Contents

Introduction : the ghosts of early modern England -- Restoration hauntings -- Printing the preternatural in the late seventeenth century -- A new Canterbury tale -- Ghost stories in the periodical press, c.1700-c.1750 -- Confessional cultures and ghost beliefs, c.1750-c.1800 -- Landscapes of belief and everyday life in late eighteenth-century England -- Conclusion.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BVU.AI.AA7
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781851968886
  • 1851968881