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Night Visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Ghost Story
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Faber & Faber, 1977
ISBN 10: 0571111130
ISBN 13: 9780571111138
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Da: Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are a bit age toned. There is a gift inscription in pen on the first free end page. Binding leans a little bit. Dust jacket is lightly edge worn and there is a small price sticker on the front flap. Codice articolo 073131
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Night visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Ghost Story
Da: Lacey Books Ltd, Cirencester, Regno Unito
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1977 Faber & Faber hardcover edition. Ex library copy with stamps and labels to spine and endpapers else good condition. From the cover 'Why were so many ghost stories published between 1850 and 1930? Why were readers so eager to be scared, and why did such writers as Dickens, Stevenson, Kipling and Henry James find artistic satisfaction in writing them? Night Visitors explores these questions, looking for explanations in the underlying anxieties of the age, as well as of the individual writers. ' Contents: Introduction 1. Ancestral Voices: the Ghost Story from Lucian to Le Fanu 2. A Scientific Spirit: Mesmerism, Drugs and Psychic Doctors 3. Diabolism and Decadence: the Mood of the Nineties 4. Far Away and Long Ago: Stevenson's Scotland and Kipling's India 5. A Sense of the Past: Henry James and Vernon Lee 6. No Mere Antiquary: M. R. James 7. Not Without but Within: the Psychological Ghost Story 8. Ghosts Troop Home: the Great War and its Aftermath 9. On the Edge: Walter de la Mare Epilogue: Ghosts and Poets Select Bibliography. Codice articolo CC-L10H-BSQF
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NIGHT VISITORS: The Rise and Fall of the English Ghost Story
Editore:
Faber, London, UK, 1977
ISBN 10: 0571111130
ISBN 13: 9780571111138
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Da: BindingDeals, Ossining, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Night Visitors is a brilliant and accessible examination of the rise and the fall of the English ghost story. It has become the go-to guide for anyone interested in just how ghost stories became so popular. This book is in near-Fine condition, with only one tiny chip at the top of the spine edge of the dust jacket. Codice articolo 12004
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Night Visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Ghost Story
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Faber & Faber August 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 0571111130
ISBN 13: 9780571111138
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Da: Pella Books, Pella, IA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Used Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Jacket with Mylar. Codice articolo 252640
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Night Visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Ghost Story
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Faber and Faber (London), 1977
ISBN 10: 0571111130
ISBN 13: 9780571111138
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Da: Kitazawa Bookstore, ABAJ/ILAB, Tokyo, TOKYO, Giappone
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. "Night Visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Ghost Story" by Julia Briggs. First published in 1977 by Faber and Faber (London). This copy: First Edition. Faber and Faber (London), 1977. Hardcover. 238 pages. Dust jacket: Present, with price on front flap. Size: 23.0 x 15.0 cm Language: English Condition: Jacket: Good - Light wear, minor stains and soiling. Body: Good - Some general soiling. Binding: Good - Slightly loose, inner hinge partially separated. Edges: Good - Stains and soiling present. Pages: Good - Minor foxing and age toning. Text: Very Good - Clean and readable throughout. Description: A seminal critical study of the English ghost story from the nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Julia Briggs traces the genre from its early literary and folkloric roots through Victorian and Edwardian literature, examining how writers such as Sheridan Le Fanu, Henry James, M. R. James, Walter de la Mare, and others shaped the psychological and cultural dimensions of the ghost story. First published in 1977, this work remains a key reference for the study of Gothic literature, supernatural fiction, and English literary history. Shipping from Tokyo, Japan. International shipping available. Please note: All sales are final, especially for higher-value items. Returns are not accepted unless the item is significantly not as described. Stock availability may change, as our listings are shared with a physical bookstore. Codice articolo RL176
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