American Women's Ghost Stories in the Gilded Age

This book shows just how closely late nineteenth-century American women's ghost stories engaged with objects such as photographs, mourning paraphernalia, wallpaper and humble domestic furniture. Featuring uncanny tales from the big city to the small town and the empty prairie, it offers a new perspective on an old genre.

Author: D. Downey
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/29/2014
Pages: 209
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.72w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9781137323972

About the Author
Anglophone postcolonial studies has been characterized by its secular nature. Yet as the first generation of scholars grapples with mortality, a yearning for spiritual meaning is emerging in many texts. This study synthesizes the sacred language used in these texts with critical theory in order to create a holistic frame for interpretive analysis.