A History of the Modern British Ghost Story by S. Hay

By S. Hay

Ghost tales are regularly in dialog with novelistic modes with which they're modern. This booklet examines examples from Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Henry James and Rudyard Kipling, amongst others, to the tip of the 20 th century, how they tackle empire, classification, estate, background and trauma.

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