ghost story 1840–1920

A cultural history

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

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 spirit messages reveals how issues relating to textual analysis were implicated within a language of the spectral. This book is the first full-length study of the British ghost story in over 30 years and it will be of interest to academics, graduate students and advanced undergraduates working on the Gothic, literary studies, historical studies, critical theory and cultural studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9780719087868

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Mer om författaren

Andrew Smith is Professor of English Studies at the University of Glamorgan where he is Co-Director of the Research Centre for Literature, Arts and Science (RCLAS)

Recensioner i media

‘Makes an important contribution to the field of Victorian cultural studies’Simon Hay, Connecticut College, Victorian Studies, Summer 2012

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Seeing the Spectre: an economic theory of the Ghost Story2. 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 ConclusionBibliography