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First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

American fiction --- English fiction --- Ghost stories, American --- Ghost stories, English --- Women authors --- Bibliography. --- Ghost stories [English ] --- Bibliography --- Ghost stories [American ] --- English literature --- American ghost stories --- English ghost stories

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Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. The Age of Innocence (1920) won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making Wharton the first woman to win the award. Many of Wharton's novels are characterized by a subtle use of dramatic irony. Having grown up in upper-class pre-World War I society, Wharton became one of its most astute critics, in such works as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence. In addition to writing several respected novels, Wharton produced a wealth of short stories and is particularly well regarded for her ghost stories. This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents and the following works: Afterward, The Age of Innocence, Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses, Autres Temps ... Bunner Sisters, The Choice, Coming Home, Crucial Instances, The Custom of the Country, The Descent of Man & Other Stories, The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Volume 1, The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Volume 2, Ethan Frome, Fighting France, The Fruit of the Tree, The Glimpses of the Moon, The Greater Inclination, The Hermit and the Wild Woman, The House of Mirth, In Morocco, Kerfol, The Long Run, Madame de Treymes, The Reef, Sanctuary, Summer, Tales of Men and Ghosts, The Touchstone, The Triumph of Night, The Valley of Decision, Xingu.

Ghost stories. --- Ghost stories --- Ghosts --- Fiction --- Horror tales

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In 1636 sightings of the ghost of an old woman are reported in Minehead, and a royal commission is sent to investigate. In 1640 a disgraced Protestant bishop is hanged in Dublin, after being convicted of an 'unspeakable crime'. Marshall sets out to uncover the link between these seemingly unconnected events.

Legends --- Ghost stories, English --- English ghost stories --- English fiction --- Folk tales --- Traditions --- Urban legends --- Folklore --- History --- Atherton, John, --- Scandals --- Bishops --- Ghosts

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Haunted places --- Supernatural --- Ghosts --- Ghost stories, American --- Haunted localities --- Localities, Haunted --- Places, Haunted --- Occultism --- Phantoms --- Specters --- Spectres --- Apparitions --- American ghost stories --- American fiction --- Occult fiction --- Occult stories --- Paranormal stories --- Parapsychology --- Witchcraft --- Fiction --- Ghost tours

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The Ghost Story 1840-1920: A Cultural History examines the British ghost story within the political contexts of the long nineteenth century. By relating the ghost story to economic, national, colonial and gendered contexts' it provides a critical re-evaluation of the period.The conjuring of a political discourse of spectrality during the nineteenth century enables a culturally sensitive reconsideration of the work of writers including Dickens, Collins, Charlotte Riddell, Vernon Lee, May Sinclair, Kipling, Le Fanu, Henry James and M.R. James. Additionally, a chapter on the interpretation of spi

Ghost stories, English --- English ghost stories --- English fiction --- History and criticism. --- British ghost story. --- Charlotte Riddell. --- Henry James. --- May Sinclair. --- Vernon Lee. --- long nineteenth century. --- spectral language. --- spectrality. --- spirit messages. --- textual analysis.