Visions of an unseen world [electronic resource] : ghost beliefs and ghost stories in eighteenth-century England / by Sasha Handley.
Handley, Sasha.
2007
PR1309.G5 H36 2007eb
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Title Visions of an unseen world [electronic resource] : ghost beliefs and ghost stories in eighteenth-century England / by Sasha Handley.
Author Handley, Sasha.
ISBN 9781851965496 (electronic book)
9781851968886
1851968881
Publication Details London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2007.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 287 p.) : ill.
Call Number PR1309.G5 H36 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 823.087330906
Summary This volume describes the haunting of 18th century England. It provides an in-depth study of the production, circulation and consumption of English ghost stories during the Age of Reason.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-277) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Religious cultures in the early modern world ; no. 2.
Available in Other Form Visions of an unseen world.
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Introduction : the ghosts of early modern England
Restoration hauntings
Printing the preternatural in the late seventeenth century
A new Canterbury tale
Ghost stories in the periodical press, c.1700-c.1750
Confessional cultures and ghost beliefs, c.1750-c.1800
Landscapes of belief and everyday life in late eighteenth-century England
Conclusion.

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