{"product_id":"nights-black-agents-daniel-ogden-9781847252302","title":"Night's Black Agents","description":"The Ghost of Sychaeus: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt length, in dead of night, the ghost appears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf her unhappy lord: the specter stares, \u003cbr\u003eAnd, with erected eyes, his bloody bosom bares.\u003cbr\u003eThe cruel altars and his fate he tells-\u003c\/i\u003eThe Aeneid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe literature of classical antiquity bristles with witches, ghosts, magic books, curses, voodoo-dolls, and other fiendish monsters. This book covers the literature of both Greek and Roman cultures over a period of more than a thousand years, through the advent of Christianity. Although classical culture was conservative, especially in regards to ghosts and witches which were strongly bound up in folklore, such tales preserve and conserve ideas about ghosts and witchcraft, and they survive to achieve this effect precisely because they are wonderfully engaging. Consequently, and also because they have directly and indirectly shaped our own culture's lore of magic and ghosts, these tales speak to us today still with a great directness and immediacy. In \u003ci\u003eNight's Black Agents\u003c\/i\u003e, Ogden uncovers the ancient foundations of the supernatural stories that have endured for generations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Ogden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847252303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847252302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.78w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 294","brand":"Daniel Ogden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44173008044287,"sku":"9781847252302","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_490ead38-68ec-487f-9e84-f3fec8b830ea.jpg?v=1689790564","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nights-black-agents-daniel-ogden-9781847252302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}