In this volume, ghost stories are studied in the context of their media, their place in history and geography. From prehistory to this day, we have been haunted by our memories, the past itself, by inklings of the future, by events playing outside our lives, and by ourselves. Hence the lure of ghost stories throughout history and presumably prehistory.
Science has been a great destroyer of myth and superstition, but at the same time it has created new black boxes which we are filling with our ghostly imagination. In this book, literature from the Middle Ages to Oscar Wilde and Neil Gaiman, children's stories, folklore and films, ranging from the Antarctic and Russia to Haiti, are covered and show the continuing presence of spectral phenomena.
| ISBN: | 9783631665664 |
| Publication date: | 22nd July 2016 |
| Author: | Maria Fleischhack, Elmar Schenkel |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Edition an imprint of Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 170 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Behaviourism, Behavioural theory Films, cinema Regional / International studies Society and culture: general |
In this volume, ghost stories are studied in the context of their media, their place in history and geography. From prehistory to this day, we have been haunted by our memories, the past itself, by inklings of the future, by events playing outside our lives, and by ourselves.
Ghosts - Or the (Nearly) Invisible features in the following genres: Literary studies: general, Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Films, cinema, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general
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Ghosts - Or the (Nearly) Invisible was written by Maria Fleischhack, Elmar Schenkel and published by Peter Lang Edition an imprint of Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Ghosts - Or the (Nearly) Invisible has 170 pages