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Cover image for book American Women's Ghost Stories in the Gilded Age

American Women's Ghost Stories in the Gilded Age

By:D. Downey
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137323972
eText ISBN:9781137323989
Edition:0
Copyright:2014
Format:Reflowable

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This book shows just how closely late nineteenth-century American women's ghost stories engaged with objects such as photographs, mourning paraphernalia, wallpaper and humble domestic furniture. Featuring uncanny tales from the big city to the small town and the empty prairie, it offers a new perspective on an old genre.