Visions of an unseen world : ghost beliefs and ghost stories in eighteenth-century England / Sasha Handley.
- Handley, Sasha.
- Date:
- 2007
- Books
About this work
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.
Contributors
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-277) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBVU.AI.AA7Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781851968886
- 1851968881