‘The Haunted’ is the first truly comprehensive social history of ghosts. Using fascinating and entertaining examples, Davies places the history of ghosts within their wider social and cultural context, and examines why a belief in ghosts continues to be vibrant, socially relevant and historically illuminating.
Table of Content
Introduction PART 1: EXPERIENCE Manifestation Geography of Haunting Seeking Ghosts PART 2: EXPLANATION Debating Ghosts All in the Mind PART 3: REPRESENTATION Imitating the Dead Projecting Ghosts Treading the Boards and Under the Covers The Future for Ghosts
About the author
OWEN DAVIES is Professor of Social History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has appeared as an authority on witchcraft and magic on television and is author of numerous articles and books including
Grimoires: A History of Magic Books,
Witchcraft, Magic and Culture 1736-1951,
A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in Nineteenth-Century Somerset and
Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History.
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