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Author | : Lisa Morton |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2015-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1780235372 |
From that cheerful puff of smoke known as Casper to the hunkiest potter living or dead, Sam Wheat, there is probably no more iconic entity in supernatural history than the ghost. And these are just recent examples. From the earliest writings such as the Epic of Gilgamesh to today’s ghost-hunting reality TV shows, ghosts have chilled the air of nearly every era and every culture in human history. In this book, Lisa Morton uses her scholarly prowess—more powerful than any proton pack—to wrangle together history’s most enduring ghosts into an entertaining and comprehensive look at what otherwise seems to always evade our eyes. Tracing the ghost’s constantly shifting contours, Morton asks the most direct question—What exactly is a ghost?—and examines related entities such as poltergeists, wraiths, and revenants. She asks how a ghost is related to a soul, and she outlines all the different kinds of ghosts there are. To do so, she visits the spirits of the classical world, including the five-part Egyptian soul and the first haunted-house, conceived in the Roman playwright Plautus’s comedy, Mostellaria. She confronts us with the frightening phantoms of the Middle Ages—who could incinerate priests and devour children—and reminds us of the nineteenth-century rise of Spiritualism, a religion essentially devoted to ghosts. She visits with the Indian bhuta and goes to the Hungry Ghost Festival in China, and of course she spends time in Mexico, where ghosts have a particularly strong grip on belief and culture. Along the way she gathers the ectoplasmic residues seeping from books and film reels, from the Gothic novel The Castle of Otranto to the 2007 blockbuster Paranormal Activity, from the stories of Ann Radcliffe to those of Stephen King. Wide-ranging, informative, and slicked with over fifty unearthly images, Ghosts is an entertaining read of a cultural phenomenon that will delight anyone, whether they believe in ghosts or not.
Author | : Tiya Miles |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2015-08-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469626349 |
In this book Tiya Miles explores the popular yet troubling phenomenon of "ghost tours," frequently promoted and experienced at plantations, urban manor homes, and cemeteries throughout the South. As a staple of the tours, guides entertain paying customers by routinely relying on stories of enslaved black specters. But who are these ghosts? Examining popular sites and stories from these tours, Miles shows that haunted tales routinely appropriate and skew African American history to produce representations of slavery for commercial gain. "Dark tourism" often highlights the most sensationalist and macabre aspects of slavery, from salacious sexual ties between white masters and black women slaves to the physical abuse and torture of black bodies to the supposedly exotic nature of African spiritual practices. Because the realities of slavery are largely absent from these tours, Miles reveals how they continue to feed problematic "Old South" narratives and erase the hard truths of the Civil War era. In an incisive and engaging work, Miles uses these troubling cases to shine light on how we feel about the Civil War and race, and how the ghosts of the past are still with us.
Author | : Rand Richards |
Publisher | : Heritage House Publishers |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781879367043 |
From North Beach to South of Market to Golden Gate Park and points in between, ghosts have made their spectral presences known.
Author | : Sarah Perry |
Publisher | : September Publishing |
Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 2017-09-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1910463744 |
Rooted in place, slipping between worlds - a rich collection of unnerving ghosts and sinister histories. 'An impressive line-up of established and emerging names.' The Sunday Times 'These eerie, unsettling stories are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.' Daily Express Eight authors were given the freedom of their chosen English Heritage site, from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in the past and chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their darker imaginings into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. 'Subtly evocative of human relations loss, grief, or the fear of loneliness.' TLS 'A satisfying and spooky read.' Sun Also includes a gazetteer of English Heritage properties which are said to be haunted.
Author | : Margaret Ronan |
Publisher | : Scholastic |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780590306225 |
Do you believe in ghosts? "Dynamite," today's most popular kids' magazine has dug up these true stories about unexplained happenings. Includes a guide to haunted houses you can visit.
Author | : Mark Nesbitt |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0811732983 |
Eerie stories of ghosts, spirits, and hauntings from across the Keystone State.
Author | : Paul Thomas |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625859201 |
Founded in 1854 as an abolitionist outpost, Lawrence is a seemingly unassuming college town with a long history of hauntings. A ghostly guest never checked out of the Eldridge Hotel's mysterious room 506. Sigma Nu's fraternity house, the former home of Kansas's eighteenth governor, is still haunted by the specter of a young woman. Learn the tragic stories of Pete Vinegar, George Albach and Lizzie Madden and uncover the devilish truth behind the "legend" of Stull Cemetery. Author Paul Thomas reveals the ghoulish history behind these stories and many more.
Author | : Charles A. Stansfield |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2007-01-08 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0811740684 |
Tales of pirates, witches, and other amazing denizens of the state of Maine.
Author | : Ian Gibbs |
Publisher | : TouchWood Editions |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2017-04-25 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1771512148 |
Ghost stories from Canada’s most haunted city, including tales from iconic sites such as the Empress hotel, Hatley Castle, and Ross Bay Cemetery. Beautiful, charming Victoria is world renowned for its seaside attractions, flourishing gardens, and breathtaking ocean views. But looming behind its picture-perfect façade is a city shrouded in mystery, with restless, disembodied beings that whisper ghastly tales of mystery, violence, and horror. Known as British Columbia’s most haunted city, Victoria is teeming with a plethora of spirits. Through this brand-new collection of disturbing tales, you’ll come face to face with: The Grey Lady who chills hotel guests to the bone A decorated World War I soldier who protects tenants from something sinister An inconsolable child who haunts the pool area of a defunct hotel The blood-soaked spectre who runs through the infamous Fan Tan Alley to escape capture The ghost of Robert Johnson, who perpetually re-enacts his own suicide The phantom of a cranky hermit who plagues a beautiful lake house A spinster who gives tours of her childhood home And many more Get to know Victoria’s best-known hauntings along with some you may have not have heard before.
Author | : James Caskey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780988252905 |