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A History of the Modern British Ghost Story /

Ghost stories are always in conversation with novelistic modes with which they are contemporary. This book examines examples from Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Henry James and Rudyard Kipling, amongst others, to the end of the twentieth century, looking at how they address empire, class, proper...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hay, Simon (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Literary Theory.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British literature.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Ghost stories are always in conversation with novelistic modes with which they are contemporary. This book examines examples from Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Henry James and Rudyard Kipling, amongst others, to the end of the twentieth century, looking at how they address empire, class, property, history and trauma.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 253 pages)
ISBN:9780230316836
DOI:10.1057/9780230316836