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(4.17) | 2 | The Ghost' delves into a wealth of literary and artistic sources, including illuminated manuscripts, woodcut engravings, magic-lantern slides, paintings, prints, poems, novels and stories ? providing a fresh take on a subject that has fascinated us for centuries0In this broad cultural history, Susan Owens reveals what these spirits and apparitions can tell us about our culture and about ourselves, and explores how ghosts have inhabited a wide range of roles from medieval times to the present day. A dazzling range of artists are featured, including William Blake, Henry Fuseli, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, Paul Nash and Jeremy Deller, alongside writers such as John Donne, William Shakespeare, Samuel Pepys, Daniel Defoe, Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Hilary Mantel and Sarah Waters.… (more) |
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But whether reconcileable to the understanding or not they are most interesting to the imagination. - Walter Scott  | |
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It is late on Christmas Eve in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, and Scrooge is sitting alone by his meagre fire when, with a great clanking of chains, the ghost of his old business partner Jacob Marley bursts into his room. | |
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We cannot predict the future, but as long as there are people to tell the tale, in however highly developed an environment, there can be little doubt that ghosts will be there too - having adapted, as they always do, to their new circumstances. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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None ▾Book descriptions The Ghost' delves into a wealth of literary and artistic sources, including illuminated manuscripts, woodcut engravings, magic-lantern slides, paintings, prints, poems, novels and stories ? providing a fresh take on a subject that has fascinated us for centuries0In this broad cultural history, Susan Owens reveals what these spirits and apparitions can tell us about our culture and about ourselves, and explores how ghosts have inhabited a wide range of roles from medieval times to the present day. A dazzling range of artists are featured, including William Blake, Henry Fuseli, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, Paul Nash and Jeremy Deller, alongside writers such as John Donne, William Shakespeare, Samuel Pepys, Daniel Defoe, Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Hilary Mantel and Sarah Waters. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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An enjoyable read, and an excellent survey of ghostly literature, should you be interested in exploring more deeply. (