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BL
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| Record Number
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711121
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b533310
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| Title & Author
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Henry James and the supernatural /\ edited by Anna Despotopoulou and Kimberly C. Reed
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| Edition Statement
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First edition
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2011
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 196 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0230115268 (hardback)
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: 9780230115262 (hardback)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: "I see ghosts everywhere" / Anna Despotopoulou and Kimberly C. Reed -- "The complexion of ever so long ago": style and Henry James's ghosts / Greg Zacharias -- Immensities of perception and yearning: the haunting of Henry James's heroes / Kristin Boudreau -- Haunting the churches: Henry James and the sacred space in "The Altar of the Dead" / Hazel Hutchison -- Mysterious tenants: uncanny women and the private or public dilemma in the supernatural tales / Anna Despotopoulou -- John Marcher's uncanny unmanning in "The Beast in the Jungle" / Kathy Justice Gentile -- Homospectrality in Henry James's ghost stories / Diane Long Hoeveler -- Second thoughts: "Queer 'Maud-Evelyn'" / Kevin Ohi -- Uncanny doublings in "Owen Wingrave" / Gert Buelens -- The afterlife of figures / Sheila Teahan -- Epilogue: ghost writing / Nicola Bradbury
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| Abstract
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"This book is a collection of essays on ghostly fiction by Henry James. The contributors analyze James's use of the ghost story as a subgenre and the difficult theoretical issues that James's texts pose"--
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| Subject
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James, Henry,1843-1916-- Criticism and interpretation
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| Subject
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Ghost stories, American-- History and criticism
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| Subject
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Supernatural in literature
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.4
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| LC Classification
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PS2127.S94H46 2011
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| Added Entry
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Despotopoulou, Anna
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Reed, Kimberly Capps
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