The Oxford Book Of Australian Ghost Stories

Author : Ken Gelder
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Ghost stories
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009793626

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The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories by Ken Gelder Pdf

Three phantoms wander the desert; a ghostly lover claims his bride at an outback station; a dead man appears beside a blood-red waterhole; a jackaroo witnesses a ghostly struggle; a frightful monster haunts the Nullarbor Plain. This anthology of Australian ghost stories - from the 1850s to the present - draws together a neglected but striking genre of fiction that works to remind those who recently settled this country how unsettled it actually is. New arrivals stumble across empty houses with ghostly occupants; lonely bushmen fantasise about ghostly women; Aborigines tell of bunyips, bugeens and 'living ghosts'; the bush is full of beckoning spectral images; and Death himself is seen prowling the streets. In these stories Australia becomes the 'down-underworld', a place where the departed will inevitably be resurrected in time, and where the dead continue to make their presence felt.

Author : Kenneth Gelder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Ghost stories, Australian
ISBN : 0195539559

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The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories by Kenneth Gelder Pdf

First published in hardcover in 1994, this paperback edition contains stories from the 1850s to the present. The stories feature a wide range of spectres including bunyips, bugeens, and 'living ghosts'. Authors include Marcus Clarke, Terry Dowling and Lucy Sussex. Includes an introduction by the editor who teaches English at the University of Melbourne.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:86006890

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The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael COX
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:786063428

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The oxford book of english ghost stories by Michael COX Pdf

Author : Ken Gelder
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Ghost stories
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018405055

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The Oxford Book of Australian Ghost Stories by Ken Gelder Pdf

Three phantoms wander the desert; a ghostly lover claims his bride at an outback station; a dead man appears beside a blood-red waterhole; a jackaroo witnesses a ghostly struggle; a frightful monster haunts the Nullarbor Plain. This anthology of Australian ghost stories - from the 1850s to the present - draws together a neglected but striking genre of fiction that works to remind those who recently settled this country how unsettled it actually is. New arrivals stumble across empty houses with ghostly occupants; lonely bushmen fantasise about ghostly women; Aborigines tell of bunyips, bugeens and 'living ghosts'; the bush is full of beckoning spectral images; and Death himself is seen prowling the streets. In these stories Australia becomes the 'down-underworld', a place where the departed will inevitably be resurrected in time, and where the dead continue to make their presence felt.

Author : Dennis Pepper
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0192781782

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The New Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories by Dennis Pepper Pdf

Tells stories about all kinds of ghosts, including children, snooker-players, ventriloquist's dummies, and warriors.

Author : Lynette Carpenter,Wendy K. Kolmar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317943525

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Ghost Stories by British and American Women by Lynette Carpenter,Wendy K. Kolmar Pdf

Originally published in 1998 and covering a tradition ignored by most critics, this bibliography assembles and documents a large body of supernatural fiction written by women in English from the end of the 18th century to the present. These stories, the work of women whose literary reputations, personal histories, and bodies of work vary widely, challenge the narrow way in which supernatural literature has traditionally been regarded: they indicate a much richer and more complex set of literary responses to the supernatural than has been hitherto acknowledged. The writers included range from Ann Radcliffe and the Gothic novelists to Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Gilman, and Edith Wharton to such modern writers as Elizabeth Bowen, Jean Rhys, Muriel Spark, and A.S. Byatt. The volume will be of interest to literary and cultural historians and of particular importance to women's studies scholars.

Author : S. Hay
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230316836

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A History of the Modern British Ghost Story by S. Hay Pdf

Ghost stories are always in conversation with novelistic modes with which they are contemporary. This book examines examples from Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Henry James and Rudyard Kipling, amongst others, to the end of the twentieth century, looking at how they address empire, class, property, history and trauma.

Author : James Doig
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479409280

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Australian Hauntings by James Doig Pdf

Twenty stories of horror, the supernatural, and ghostly hauntings. These tales show the way in which the Gothic form has been transposed to a new, alien environment--Australia! The outback, the desert, the bush are imbued with strange forces and beings that European explorers and fossickers must fathom and overcome. The colonists struggle to cope with the harsh landscape and climate, and are frequently claimed by it. The land itself seems almost a malignant force that exacts a terrible revenge on those who challenge it or wander thoughtlessly into its desert wastes. Thus, in many of the stories reprinted here, characters range across a landscape in which the supernatural can reach out and snatch the unwary at any time. Characters frequently fall victim to the bush; indeed, often it is the children, symbols of innocence and European naïveté, who fall victim to the evil "spirits" lurking just beyond human ken. Doig has resurrected these marvelous haunts from rare magazines and equally scarce collections, and has provided hard-to-find information about the authors and the times in which they lived. For any aficionado of the classic macabre tale, this anthology will be a treasure trove of chilling reading!

Author : Scott Brewster,Luke Thurston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317288930

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The Routledge Handbook to the Ghost Story by Scott Brewster,Luke Thurston Pdf

The Handbook to the Ghost Story sets out to survey and significantly extend a new field of criticism which has been taking shape over recent years, centring on the ghost story and bringing together a vast range of interpretive methods and theoretical perspectives. The main task of the volume is to properly situate the genre within historical and contemporary literary cultures across the globe, and to explore its significance within wider literary contexts as well as those of the supernatural. The Handbook offers the most significant contribution to this new critical field to date, assembling some of its leading scholars to examine the key contexts and issues required for understanding the emergence and development of the ghost story.

Author : Richard Davis
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781743095904

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Great Australian Ghost Stories by Richard Davis Pdf

Australia has a rich history of ghost sightings and spooky tales, from the time of European settlement until today - and they are all here in GREAT AUSTRALIAN GHOST STORIES. From gore-spattered convicts and elegant women out of our colonial past to the mysterious ghost lights of the outback and angry poltergeists that wreak havoc on modern homes, Australia seems to be teeming with the restless spirits of our ancestors. You'll meet a wide cross section of them in this far-reaching collection of stories drawn from all the Australian states and covering two centuries of our nation's history. Some ghosts are vengeful, some aloof, others mysterious, sad, kind, wistful or amusing, but all share one quality - they're scary - and their stories are hair-raising. You'll join a terrified young couple on a Ferris wheel when a spectre appears inside their cage, you'll learn about Australia's most famous ghost and visit Australia's most notorious haunted house where icy hands gripped the throats of unsuspecting visitors. You'll meet a ghost made famous by Henry Lawson, discover what 'the haunted dunny' means to the people of a village in the Barossa Valley and share in the terror of a medical student when a cadaver comes back from the dead and takes up residence in the student's laptop. So, dear reader, if you have the courage, make sure the doors and windows are locked, settle in your favourite chair, keep a blanket handy (for when your blood runs cold) and join Richard Davis on this remarkable journey behind the veil that separates the mortal from the eternal - right here in our own back yard.

Author : Melissa Edmundson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319769172

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Women’s Colonial Gothic Writing, 1850-1930 by Melissa Edmundson Pdf

This book explores women writers’ involvement with the Gothic. The author sheds new light on women’s experience, a viewpoint that remains largely absent from male-authored Colonial Gothic works. The book investigates how women writers appropriated the Gothic genre—and its emphasis on fear, isolation, troubled identity, racial otherness, and sexual deviancy—in order to take these anxieties into the farthest realms of the British Empire. The chapters show how Gothic themes told from a woman’s perspective emerge in unique ways when set in the different colonial regions that comprise the scope of this book: Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Edmundson argues that women’s Colonial Gothic writing tends to be more critical of imperialism, and thereby more subversive, than that of their male counterparts. This book will be of interest to students and academics interested in women’s writing, the Gothic, and colonial studies.

Author : Eugene Benson,L.W. Conolly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1950 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134468485

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Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English by Eugene Benson,L.W. Conolly Pdf

" ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.

Author : Anthony J. Fonseca,June Michele Pulliam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015048534823

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Hooked on Horror by Anthony J. Fonseca,June Michele Pulliam Pdf

A description of about 1000 contemporary and classic titles in horror fiction. There is background information on the history, trends and appeal of the genre. Works are classified into 13 sub-genres, keywords are listed with each entry to lead users to related titles, and awards are cited.

Author : VARIOS AUTORES
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Ghost stories, Australian
ISBN : 1840226412

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Australian Ghost Stories by VARIOS AUTORES Pdf

Murderous ghosts, horrific curses and monstrous beings haunt an unforgiving landscape into which travellers stray at their peril. Journey through the dark byways of Australia's Gothic past in the rare stories gathered in this memorable new collection. Work by acclaimed Australian writers such as Marcus Clarke, Henry Lawson and Edward Dyson appears alongside many lesser-known authors such as Beatrice Grimshaw, Mary Fortune and Ernest Favenc.Many of the stories collected here have never been reprinted since their first publication in 19th and early 20th century periodicals and showcase the richness and variety of the Australian ghost and horror story. James Doig provides an authoritative introduction full of fresh insights into Australian Gothic fiction with detailed biographical notes on the authors represented.