Visions of an Unseen World: Ghost Beliefs and Ghost Stories in Eighteenth Century England

Visions of an Unseen World: Ghost Beliefs and Ghost Stories in Eighteenth Century England Handley Sasha Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Ltd Data wydania: 2016 ISBN: 9781138663466 Liczba stron: 304 Format: 140 x 230 x 20 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: A study of the production, circulation and consumption of English ghost stories during the Age of Reason. This work examines a variety of mediums: ballads and chapbooks, newspapers, sermons, medical treatises and scientific journals, novels and plays. It relates the telling of ghost stories to changes associated with the Enlightenment.