Spectral America: Phantoms and the National Imagination

by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock

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From essays about the Salem witch trials to literary uses of ghosts by Twain, Wharton, and Bierce to the cinematic blockbuster The Sixth Sense, this book is the first to survey the importance of ghosts and hauntings in American culture across time. From the Puritans' conviction that a thousand preternatural beings appear every day before our eyes, to today's resurgence of spirits in fiction and film, the culture of the United States has been...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0299199541

ISBN13:9780299199548

Release Date:May 2004

Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press

Length:282 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Classics Criticism & Theory Folklore & Mythology History & Criticism Humor & Entertainment Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Movies Mythology Mythology & Folk Tales

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