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200 14$aThe ghost story, 1840-1920$b[electronic resource] $ea cultural history /$fAndrew Smith
210   $aManchester $cManchester University Press$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (225 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7190-8786-4 
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a9780719074462; 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; Index
330   $aThe 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 spi
606   $aGhost stories, English$xHistory and criticism
610   $aBritish ghost story.
610   $aCharlotte Riddell.
610   $aHenry James.
610   $aMay Sinclair.
610   $aVernon Lee.
610   $along nineteenth century.
610   $aspectral language.
610   $aspectrality.
610   $aspirit messages.
610   $atextual analysis.
615  0$aGhost stories, English$xHistory and criticism.
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996   $aThe ghost story, 1840-1920$93694678
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