Chapter News from the Invisible World : The Publishing History of Tales of the Supernatural c.1660-1832

This chapter explores the transmission of tales of the supernatural during the very long eighteenth century (between c.1660 and c.1832). A genre of publications on this subject which have not been studied are those anthologies of supposedly true stories, usually relating to named people and places a...

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Main Author: Barry, Jonathan (auth)
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Published: Springer Nature 2017
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