THE GHOST/ A CULTURAL HISTORY

Ghosts are woven into the very fabric of British life. Their enduring popularity in literature, art, folklore and film attests to th eir continuing power to fascinate, terrify and inspire. Our conceptions of ghosts the fears that they provoke, the forms they take personify our shared past, reminding us of the layers of history beneath our feet and of old stories and timeless terrors that re fuse to be erased. In this broad cultural history, Susan Owens reveals what these spirits and apparitions can tell us about our cul ture and a...[Read more]