Victorian Hauntings

Author : Julian Wolfreys
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350317713
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Hauntings written by Julian Wolfreys and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victorian Hauntings asks its reader to consider the following questions: What does it mean to read or write with ghosts, or to suggest that acts of reading or writing are haunted? In what ways can authors in the nineteenth century be read so as to acknowledge the various phantom effects which return within their texts? In what ways do the traces of such "ghost writing" surface in the works of Dickens, Tennyson, Eliot and Hardy? How does the work of spectrality, revenance and the uncanny transform materially both the forms of the literary in the Victorian era and our reception of it today? Beginning with an expoloration of matters of haunting, the uncanny, the gothic and the spectral, Julian Wolfreys traces the ghostly resonances at work in Victorian writing and how such persistence addresses isues of memory and responsibility which haunt the work of reading. 'Taking the familiar genre of the Gothic as a point of departure and revisiting it through Derridean theory, Wolfreys' book, the first application of "hauntology" to the domain of Victorian Studies is a remarkable achievement. Wolfreys never reduces reading to instrumentality but remains alert to all the potentialities of the texts he reads with a great attention to their idiosyncrasies. Victorian Hauntings should bring a new tone to Victorian Studies, this clever book is quite perfect.' - Jean Michel Rabate, Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania 'You'd have to be dead to know more about ghosts than Julian Wolfreys.' - Martin McQuillan, University of Leeds

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192804472
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories written by Michael Cox and published by Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of thirty-five English ghost stories written during the Victorian Era.

Author : Julian Wolfreys
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1403913587
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Hauntings written by Julian Wolfreys and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victorian Hauntings asks its reader to consider the following questions: What does it mean to read or write with ghosts, or to suggest that acts of reading or writing are haunted? In what ways can authors in the nineteenth century be read so as to acknowledge the various phantom effects which return within their texts? In what ways do the traces of such "ghost writing" surface in the works of Dickens, Tennyson, Eliot and Hardy? How does the work of spectrality, revenance and the uncanny transform materially both the forms of the literary in the Victorian era and our reception of it today? Beginning with an expoloration of matters of haunting, the uncanny, the gothic and the spectral, Julian Wolfreys traces the ghostly resonances at work in Victorian writing and how such persistence addresses isues of memory and responsibility which haunt the work of reading. 'Taking the familiar genre of the Gothic as a point of departure and revisiting it through Derridean theory, Wolfreys' book, the first application of "hauntology" to the domain of Victorian Studies is a remarkable achievement. Wolfreys never reduces reading to instrumentality but remains alert to all the potentialities of the texts he reads with a great attention to their idiosyncrasies. Victorian Hauntings should bring a new tone to Victorian Studies, this clever book is quite perfect.' - Jean Michel Rabate, Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania 'You'd have to be dead to know more about ghosts than Julian Wolfreys.' - Martin McQuillan, University of Leeds

Author : David Domine
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813174546
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of Old Louisville written by David Domine and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, is the third-largest National Preservation District in the United States and the largest Victorian-era neighborhood in the country. Beneath the balconies and terraces of the district's Gothic, Queen Anne, and Beaux Arts mansions, current residents trade riveting stories about their historic homes. Many of these tales defy rational explanation. When David Dominé moved into one of these houses, he dismissed local rumors of a resident poltergeist named Lucy. However, before long, unnerving, disembodied footsteps and mysterious odors caused him to flee his home in the middle of the night. Since that night, David Dominé not only embraced the possibility of supernatural phenomenon but also turned it into a popular tour series and best-selling collection of books, which have brought new attention to this iconic neighborhood. The book that launched the guided tours, Ghosts of Old Louisville, introduced readers to the hauntingly beautiful Lady of the Stairs and the Widow Hoag, who waits eternally near Fountain Court for a lost child who will never return. These tales of things that go bump in the night not only reveal why Old Louisville is considered the "most haunted neighborhood in America," but also help to preserve this historically and architecturally significant community.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948084079
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victorian Ghost Hunter's Casebook written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Untraceable whispering voices.Gnome-like spirits who walk through walls.A room that glows with an eerie, life-draining light.Disembodied footsteps that climb stairs but never descend.A house with doors that open by themselves-even when locked.After a period of strong skepticism among writers and intellects regarding the reality of ghosts, the Victorian era (1837-1901) revitalized interest in seriously exploring houses and other locations alleged to be haunted. The paranormal investigators, including Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle, chronicled their methods and discoveries. Equipped with little more than candles, patience, and perhaps a flask of brandy, these men and women laid a foundation for the ghost hunters of today.The Victorian Ghost Hunter's Casebook presents some of the most intriguing, most frightening, and most charming of the chronicles left behind. Ghostlore scholar Tim Prasil provides an Introduction about what motivated the Victorians to investigate spectral manifestations, along with the history of ghost hunters that preceded them. He also provides enlightening details on twelve ghostly cases located in Britain, and an Appendix with two more ghost hunts held in the United States during the Victorian era.

Author : R. Arias
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230246745
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunting and Spectrality in Neo-Victorian Fiction written by R. Arias and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-27 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the pervasive presence of the Victorian past in contemporary culture, these essays use the trope of haunting and spectrality as a critical tool with which to consider neo-Victorian works, as well as our ongoing fascination with the Victorians, combining original readings of well-known novels with engaging analyses of lesser-known works.

Author : E. F. Benson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473372771
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Room in the Tower written by E. F. Benson and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terrifying story of a young man who has recurring nightmares. A classic story of fear from the master of Edwardian Literature. This classic short story, originally published in 1912, is being republished here together with a new introductory biography of the author.

Author : Ellen Wood
Publisher : Valancourt Books
ISBN 13 : 9781948405218
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories, Volume Three written by Ellen Wood and published by Valancourt Books. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new anthology of twenty ghostly tales of Yuletide terror, collected from rare Victorian periodicals Seeking to capitalize on the success of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843), Victorian newspapers and magazines frequently featured ghost stories at Christmas time, and reading them by candlelight or the fireside became an annual tradition, a tradition Valancourt Books is pleased to continue with our series of Victorian Christmas ghost stories. This third volume contains twenty tales, most of them never before reprinted. They represent a mix of the diverse styles and themes common to Victorian ghost fiction and include works by once-popular authors like Ellen Wood and Charlotte Riddell as well as contributions from anonymous or wholly forgotten writers. This volume also features a new introduction by Prof. Simon Stern. "Before me, with the sickly light from the lantern shining right down upon it, was--a cloven hoof! Then the awfulness of the compact I had made came to my mind with terrible force ..." - Frederick Manley, "The Ghost of the Cross-Roads" "By the fireplace there was a large hideous pool of blood soaking into the carpet, and leaving ghastly stains around. I am not ashamed to confess that my brain reeled; the mysterious horror overcame me ..." - Lillie Harris, "19, Great Hanover Street" "A fearful white face comes to me; a horrible mask, with features drawn as in agony--ghastly, pale, hideous! Death or approaching death, violent death, written in every line. Every feature distorted. Eyes starting from the head. Thin lips moving and working--lips that are cursing, although I hear no sound." - Hugh Conway, "A Dead Man's Face"

Author : Nicola Bown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521810159
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victorian Supernatural written by Nicola Bown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Author : Joni Mayhan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781499758672
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bones in the Basement written by Joni Mayhan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of the Amazon best-seller The Soul CollectorWhen Edwin Gonzalez and Lillian Otero purchased the historic S.K. Pierce Victorian Mansion in Gardner, Massachusetts, in 2009, they scoffed at the ghostly legends surrounding the house. They didn't believe in ghosts.The house soon proved them wrong. By the fall of 2011, they were forced from their house, narrowly escaping with their lives.Includes interviews from paranormal experts: Carl Johnson, Andrew Lake, Michael Robishaw, Lucky Belcamino, Marc Arvilla, and more. Forward written by Thomas D'Agastino.Contains photos, as well as audio and video links of evidence captured at the Haunted Victorian Mansion.