A History of the Modern British Ghost Story

A History of the Modern British Ghost Story
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9780230316836
ISBN-13 : 0230316832
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Book Synopsis A History of the Modern British Ghost Story by : S. Hay

Download or read book A History of the Modern British Ghost Story written by S. Hay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost stories are always in conversation with novelistic modes with which they are contemporary. This book examines examples from Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Henry James and Rudyard Kipling, amongst others, to the end of the twentieth century, looking at how they address empire, class, property, history and trauma.


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