The Ghost Story 1840-1920 : a cultural history.
Smith, Andrew, 1964-
The Ghost Story 1840-1920 : a cultural history. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (225 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Copyright; Contents; 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; Index.
The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History examines the British ghost story within the political contexts of the long nineteenth century. By relating the ghost story to economic, national, colonial and gendered contexts' it provides a critical re-evaluation of the period. The conjuring of a political discourse of spectrality during the nineteenth century enables a culturally sensitive reconsideration of the work of writers including Dickens, Collins, Charlotte Riddell, Vernon Lee, May Sinclair, Kipling, Le Fanu, Henry James and M.R. James. Additionally, a chapter on the interpretation of sp.
English.
9781847793454 (electronic bk.) 1847793452 (electronic bk.) 9781781700006 1781700001 9780719074462 0719074460
ebc1069572
22573/ctt1554wjv JSTOR
1800-1999
Ghost stories, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Histoires de fantômes anglaises--Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Littérature et société--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Gothic & Romance.
Literature.
English fiction.
Ghost stories, English.
Literature and society.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR830.G45
823.0873309
The Ghost Story 1840-1920 : a cultural history. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (225 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Copyright; Contents; 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; Index.
The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History examines the British ghost story within the political contexts of the long nineteenth century. By relating the ghost story to economic, national, colonial and gendered contexts' it provides a critical re-evaluation of the period. The conjuring of a political discourse of spectrality during the nineteenth century enables a culturally sensitive reconsideration of the work of writers including Dickens, Collins, Charlotte Riddell, Vernon Lee, May Sinclair, Kipling, Le Fanu, Henry James and M.R. James. Additionally, a chapter on the interpretation of sp.
English.
9781847793454 (electronic bk.) 1847793452 (electronic bk.) 9781781700006 1781700001 9780719074462 0719074460
ebc1069572
22573/ctt1554wjv JSTOR
1800-1999
Ghost stories, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Histoires de fantômes anglaises--Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Roman anglais--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Littérature et société--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Gothic & Romance.
Literature.
English fiction.
Ghost stories, English.
Literature and society.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR830.G45
823.0873309