LEADER 02812nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910465640603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78170-000-1 010 $a1-84779-345-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085741 035 $a(EBL)1069572 035 $a(OCoLC)818847292 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000747075 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12342161 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747075 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10704816 035 $a(PQKB)10784564 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085795 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069572 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069572 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623334 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843760 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085741 100 $a20121129d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$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 $a0-7190-8786-4 311 $a0-7190-7446-0 320 $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 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGhost stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823.0873309 700 $aSmith$b Andrew$0388518 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465640603321 996 $aThe ghost story, 1840-1920$92238343 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01552oam 2200493zu 450 001 996208101303316 005 20210807003514.0 035 $a(CKB)111026746753222 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001120516 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11701739 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001120516 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11151126 035 $a(PQKB)10141674 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00010678 035 $a(Association for Computing Machinery)10.1145/123186 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111026746753222 100 $a20160829d1990 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProceedings of the 27th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cACM$d1990 215 $a1 online resource (742 pages) 225 1 $aACM Conferences 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-89791-363-9 410 0$aACM Conferences 517 3 $aDAC '90 606 $aCivil & Environmental Engineering$2HILCC 606 $aEngineering & Applied Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aCivil Engineering$2HILCC 615 7$aCivil & Environmental Engineering 615 7$aEngineering & Applied Sciences 615 7$aCivil Engineering 700 $aSmith$b Richard C$0129240 702 $aSmith$b Richard C 712 02$aACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996208101303316 996 $aProceedings of the 27th ACM$92263648 997 $aUNISA