1st Edition

Ghosts: A Social History, vol 3

By Owen Davies Copyright 2010
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Reveals changing perceptions of ghosts at different social levels from the Reformation through to the twentieth century in Britain and America. This five-volume set focuses on the key published debates that emerged in each century, and illustrates the range of literary formats that reported or discussed ghosts.

Introduction, Religious Inspiration: Prophets and Spirits, Explaining away Ghosts, Editorial Notes

Biography

Owen Davies