| Visions of an Unseen World: Ghost Beliefs and Ghost Stories in Eighteenth Century England Contributor(s): Handley, Sasha (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138663468 ISBN-13: 9781138663466 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History |
| Dewey: 823.087 |
| Series: Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.77 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |