{"product_id":"tales-of-the-troubled-dead-catherine-belsey-9781474417372","title":"Tales of the Troubled Dead: Ghost Stories in Cultural History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConsiders the ways ghost stories appeal to our uneasy relationship with conventional good sense\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat do they want, the ghosts that, even in the age of science, still haunt our storytelling? Catherine Belsey's answer to the question traces Gothic writing and tales of the uncanny from the ancient past to the present - from Homer and the Icelandic sagas to \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e. Taking Shakespeare's Ghost in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e as a turning point in the history of the genre, she uncovers the old stories the play relies on, as well as its influence on later writing. This ghostly trail is vividly charted through accredited records of apparitions and fiction by such writers as Ann Radcliffe, Washington Irving, Emily Brontë, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, M. R. James and Susan Hill. In recent blockbusting movies, too, ghost stories bring us fragments of news from the unknown. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces examples of ghost stories from Homer to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes the aspects of storytelling designed to involve readers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes stories of attested apparitions, as well as fiction by a wide range of both canonical and popular authors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Belsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147441737X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474417372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Catherine Belsey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069656232191,"sku":"9781474417372","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3c9e7cb-d739-45bb-abf3-d253690fc7be.jpg?v=1685425807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tales-of-the-troubled-dead-catherine-belsey-9781474417372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}