Author: | Sasha Handley | ISBN: | 9781317315247 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | September 30, 2015 |
Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
Author: | Sasha Handley |
ISBN: | 9781317315247 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Publication: | September 30, 2015 |
Imprint: | Routledge |
Language: | English |
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.
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.