Title:

The Ghost

Genre:

Action

Politics

Binding:

Hardcover

Narrative:

First Person Omniscient

Type of Book:

Fiction

Number of Pages:

240

Number of Chapters:

Date Added:

2018-06-26 17:21:23

Synopsis:

The Ghost’ delves into a wealth of literary and artistic sources, including illuminated manuscripts, woodcut engravings, magic-lantern slides, paintings, prints, poems, novels and stories ? providing a fresh take on a subject that has fascinated us for centuries0In this broad cultural history, Susan Owens reveals what these spirits and apparitions can tell us about our culture and about ourselves, and explores how ghosts have inhabited a wide range of roles from medieval times to the present day.0A dazzling range of artists are featured, including William Blake, Henry Fuseli, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, Paul Nash and Jeremy Deller, alongside writers such as John Donne, William Shakespeare, Samuel Pepys, Daniel Defoe, Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Hilary Mantel and Sarah Waters.

Author:

Susan Owens

Publisher:

Tate

Barcode:

9781849764674

Publication Date:

1969-12-31

Number of Copies:

Automatic Estimated Value:

~$10.57

Automatic Estimated Date: