ISBN: 9780571111138 - night visitors: rise and fall of the english ghost story (6 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Stains to cover, page edges, and/or pages inside. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

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.…

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.…

Condizione: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

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.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Used Good. Jacket with Mylar.