Visions of an Unseen World - Ghost Beliefs and Ghost Stories in Eighteenth Century England (Paperback)


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.

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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.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World

Release date

2016

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

2007

Authors

Dimensions

216 x 138 x 20mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

304

ISBN-13

978-1-138-66346-6

Barcode

9781138663466

Categories

LSN

1-138-66346-8



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