The ghost story, 1840-1920 [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / Andrew Smith
| The ghost story, 1840-1920 [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / Andrew Smith |
| Autore | Smith Andrew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.0873309 |
| Soggetto topico | Ghost stories, English - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78170-000-1
1-84779-345-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465640603321 |
Smith Andrew
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| Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ghost story, 1840-1920 [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / Andrew Smith
| The ghost story, 1840-1920 [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / Andrew Smith |
| Autore | Smith Andrew <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.0873309 |
| Soggetto topico | Ghost stories, English - History and criticism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
British ghost story
Charlotte Riddell Henry James May Sinclair Vernon Lee long nineteenth century spectral language spectrality spirit messages textual analysis |
| ISBN |
1-78170-000-1
1-84779-345-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791952503321 |
Smith Andrew <1964->
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| Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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