Ghost stories by British and American women

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This collection of 22 ghost stories by American women ( - ) is uneven, and most of the really good stories have been anthologized elsewhere. The need for stories that fit an overall theme (feminist, turn-of-the-century American supernatural literature) caused some stories to be included, that might not have otherwise passed muster/5(3).

Ghost Stories by British and American Women. Ghost Stories by British and American Women book. A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. 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 Cited by: 2.

Book Description. Originally published in 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. Ghost Stories by British and American Women: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography Volume of Garland reference library of the humanities: Authors: Lynette Carpenter, Wendy K.

Kolmar: Publisher: Taylor & Francis, ISBN:Length: pages: Subjects. Ghost Story Collections Score A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. According to some scholarly estimates, in the 19th Century, at the height of the form’s popularity, women were contributing around 70% of ghost.

It combines stories from previous anthologies, including The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century (2 vols., and ) and The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories ().

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Ghost stories by British and American women: a selected, annotated bibliography. [Lynette Carpenter; Wendy K Kolmar] -- First published in Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.