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This collection of articles looks at ghost stories ranging from the Middle Ages to contemporary movies from different perspectives, both interdisciplinary and international. Spectral phenomena from Antarctic literature to Haitian Voodoo, Russian poetry to Irish novels are discussed in relation to their places in history and the media.

Supernatural in literature. --- Ghosts in literature. --- Ghosts in motion pictures. --- Future life in literature. --- Ghosts. --- Ghost stories --- Ghosts --- Phantoms --- Specters --- Spectres --- History and criticism. --- Fiction --- Horror tales --- Motion pictures --- Apparitions --- Future life in motion pictures. --- Literature --- Carl Jung --- Ghost story --- Loa --- Oscar Wilde --- Zhiguai xiaoshuo

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De la première pièce conservée du théâtre occidental (Les Perses d’Eschyle) au théâtre contemporain (Genet, Kantor, Müller, Koltès ou Bond), les morts n’ont cessé de hanter la scène occidentale. Le phénomène est assez frappant, pourtant les spectres – les « ombres », comme les dramaturges les appellent, du XVIe au XVIIIe s. – ont assez peu attiré l’attention, sauf celui de Hamlet. On sait qu’ils interviennent chez les tragiques grecs, chez Sénèque, Shakespeare, Strindberg et Ibsen ; on connaissait beaucoup moins le rôle qui leur est dévolu dans la tragédie humaniste, le théâtre élisabéthain, le ballet de cour, la tragédie du XVIIIe s., le drame et l’opéra du XIXe s. Et même dans le théâtre le plus proche de nous, leur présence obstinée n’a pas beaucoup soulevé l’intérêt des spécialistes. Ce volume entend réparer cet oubli en se penchant sur les raisons – théoriques, pratiques, voire politiques – qui ont favorisé le retour des morts, à travers vingt-cinq siècles de théâtre occidental. Ce ne sont pas seulement les textes dramatiques qui sont interrogés, et la théorie théâtrale, mais aussi les conditions de représentation, puisque les fantômes sont une source d’effets spectaculaires pour lesquels les hommes de l’art exploitent, avec une ingéniosité parfois confondante, toutes les ressources techniques qui leur sont accessibles.

Mort dans la littérature --- Ghosts in literature --- Death in literature --- Congresses --- Drama --- Themes, motives --- Theater --- mort --- fantôme --- littérature --- théâtre

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In the rational modern world, belief in the supernatural seemingly has been consigned to the worlds of entertainment and fantasy. Yet belief in other worldly phenomena, from poltergeists to telepathy, remains strong, as Gillian Bennett's research shows. Especially common is belief in continuing contact with, or the continuing presence of, dead family members. Bennett interviewed women in Manchester, England, asking them questions about ghosts and other aspects of the supernatural. (Her discussion of how her research methods and interview techniques evolved is in itself valuable.) She first published the results of the study in the well-received Traditions of Belief: Women and the Supernatural, which has been widely used in folklore and women's studies courses. "e;Alas, Poor Ghost!"e; extensively revises and expands that work. In addition to a fuller presentation and analysis of the original field research and other added material, the author, assisted by Kate Bennett, a gerontological psychologist, presents and discusses new research with a group of women in Leicester, England. Bennett is interested in more than measuring the extent of belief in other worldly manifestations. Her work explores the relationship between narrative and belief. She anticipated that her questions would elicit from her interviewees not just yes or no replies but stories about their experiences that confirmed or denied notions of the supernatural. The more controversial the subject matter, the more likely individuals were to tell stories, especially if their answers to questions of belief were positive. These were most commonly individualized narratives of personal experience, but they contained many of the traditional motifs and other content, including belief in the supernatural, of legends. Bennett calls them memorates and discusses the cultural processes, including ideas of what is a "e;proper"e; experience of the supernatural and a "e;proper"e; telling of the story, that make them communal as well as individual. These memorates provide direct and vivid examples of what the storytellers actually believe and disbelieve. In a final section, Bennett places her work in historical context through a discussion of case studies in the history of supernatural belief.

Folklore --- Great Britain --- Folklore -- Great Britain. --- Folklore - Great Britain. --- Ghosts -- Great Britain. --- Ghosts - Great Britain. --- Occultism -- Great Britain. --- Occultism - Great Britain. --- Women -- Great Britain -- Folklore. --- Occultism --- Ghosts --- Women --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Art, Black (Magic) --- Arts, Black (Magic) --- Black art (Magic) --- Black arts (Magic) --- Occult, The --- Occult sciences --- Folk-lore, English --- Folklore. --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Religions --- Supernatural --- New Age movement --- Parapsychology

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In this seventeenth-century Chinese novel, Han Xiangzi, best known as one of the Eight Immortals, seeks and achieves immortality and then devotes himself to converting his materialistic, politically ambitious Confucian uncle—Han Yu, a real historical figure—to Daoism. Written in lively vernacular prose interspersed with poems and songs, the novel takes its readers across China, to the heavens, and into the underworld. Readers listen to debates among Confucians, Daoists, and Buddhists and witness trials of faith and the performance of magical feats. In the mode of the famous religious novel Journey to the West, The Story of Han Xiangzi uses colorful characters, twists of plot, witty dialogue, and action suitable for a superhero comic book to convey its religious message—that worldly life is ephemeral and that true contentment can be found only through Daoist cultivation.This is the first translation into any Western language of Han Xiangzi quanzhuan (literally, The Complete Story of Han Xiangzi). On one level, the novel is a delightful adventure; on another, it is serious theology. Although The Story of Han Xiangzi’s irreverent attitude toward the Confucian establishment prevented its acceptance by literary critics in imperial China, it has remained popular among Chinese readers for four centuries.Philip Clart’s introduction outlines the Han Xiangzi story cycle, presents Yang Erzeng in his social context, assesses the literary merits and religious significance of the text, and explores the theory and practice of inner alchemy. This unabridged translation will appeal to students of Chinese literature and to general readers who enjoy international fiction, as well as to readers with an interest in Daoism.

Chinese fiction --- S13A/0402 --- S16/0418 --- China: Religion--Mythology (incl. pantheon, ghosts, myths and legends) --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Traditional novels: Ming: studies, texts and translations --- Asian history --- Alchemy --- Alchemists

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The first monograph to investigate the poetics and politics of haunting in African diaspora literature, Ghosts of the African Diaspora: Re-Visioning History, Memory, and Identity examines literary works by five contemporary writers-Fred D'Aguiar, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, Michelle Cliff, and Toni Morrison. Joanne Chassot argues that reading these texts through the lens of the ghost does cultural, theoretical, and political work crucial to the writers' engagement with issues of identity, memory, and history. Drawing on memory and trauma studies, postcolonial studies, and queer theory, this truly interdisciplinary volume makes an important contribution to the fast-growing field of spectrality studies.

American literature --- Ghosts in literature. --- African diaspora in literature. --- Collective memory in literature. --- African Americans in literature. --- African American authors --- History and criticism. --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Literature --- African diaspora --- Caribbean --- Diaspora --- Middle Passage --- Slavery --- White people --- Littérature américaine --- Écrivains noirs américains --- Mémoire collective --- Fantômes --- Auteurs noirs américains --- Thèmes, motifs --- Thèmes, motifs. --- Dans la littérature.