Ghosts - or the (Nearly) Invisible
Spectral Phenomena in Literature and the Media
(Sprache: Englisch)
This collection of articles looks at ghost stories ranging from the Middle Ages to contemporary movies from different perspectives, both interdisciplinary and international. Spectral phenomena from Antarctic literature to Haitian Voodoo, Russian poetry to...
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This collection of articles looks at ghost stories ranging from the Middle Ages to contemporary movies from different perspectives, both interdisciplinary and international. Spectral phenomena from Antarctic literature to Haitian Voodoo, Russian poetry to Irish novels are discussed in relation to their places in history and the media.
Klappentext zu „Ghosts - or the (Nearly) Invisible “
In this volume, ghost stories are studied in the context of their media, their place in history and geography. From prehistory to this day, we have been haunted by our memories, the past itself, by inklings of the future, by events playing outside our lives, and by ourselves. Hence the lure of ghost stories throughout history and presumably prehistory. Science has been a great destroyer of myth and superstition, but at the same time it has created new black boxes which we are filling with our ghostly imagination. In this book, literature from the Middle Ages to Oscar Wilde and Neil Gaiman, children's stories, folklore and films, ranging from the Antarctic and Russia to Haiti, are covered and show the continuing presence of spectral phenomena.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Ghosts - or the (Nearly) Invisible “
Literary ghosts - Ghosts in different cultures - Interpretations of ghostly occurrences - Ghosts as metaphors - Ghostly places - Supernatural phenomena
Autoren-Porträt von Elmar Schenkel, Maria Fleischhack
Maria Fleischhack lectures at Leipzig University with a focus on Victorian and Postmodern fiction and Shakespearean drama; special interest: Sherlock Holmes.Elmar Schenkel teaches English Literature at the University of Leipzig. He has published on Wells, Conrad and Tolkien and the relations between science and literature.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Elmar Schenkel , Maria Fleischhack
- 2016, 170 Seiten, Maße: 15,3 x 21,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Maria Fleischhack, Elmar Schenkel
- Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers
- ISBN-10: 3631665660
- ISBN-13: 9783631665664
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.07.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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