03227nam 2200709 a 450 991081427840332120230725021406.01-78170-000-11-84779-345-210.7765/9781847793454(CKB)2560000000085741(EBL)1069572(OCoLC)818847292(SSID)ssj0000747075(PQKBManifestationID)12342161(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747075(PQKBWorkID)10704816(PQKB)10784564(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085795(Au-PeEL)EBL1069572(CaPaEBR)ebr10623334(CaONFJC)MIL843760(MiAaPQ)EBC1069572(DE-B1597)659770(DE-B1597)9781847793454(EXLCZ)99256000000008574120121129d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ghost story, 1840-1920[electronic resource] a cultural history /Andrew SmithManchester Manchester University Press20101 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-8786-4 0-7190-7446-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.9780719074462; 9780719074462; 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; IndexThe 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 spiGhost stories, EnglishHistory and criticismBritish ghost story.Charlotte Riddell.Henry James.May Sinclair.Vernon Lee.long nineteenth century.spectral language.spectrality.spirit messages.textual analysis.Ghost stories, EnglishHistory and criticism.823.0873309Smith Andrew1964-741162MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814278403321The ghost story, 1840-19204124619UNINA