scholarly journals Spectral Aphasia, Psychical Ghost Stories, and Spirit Post Offices: Three Modern Ghost Stories about Communication Infrastructures

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-233
Author(s):  
Paul Manning
Keyword(s):  
Ghost Stories ◽  
Post Offices

Ghost Stories for Adults: The Question of (Double) Exposition

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Régis Durand
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Ghost Stories

A critical discussion of the exhibition entitled "Ghost Stories for Adults", curated by Georges Didi-Hubermana and presented in Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains in 2012.

Diskussion von Michael J. Feldmans »Ghost Stories«

PSYCHE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (03) ◽  
pp. 201-210
Author(s):  
Bruce Reis
Keyword(s):  
Ghost Stories

The Monk

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Lewis
Keyword(s):  
French Revolution ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Young Girl ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Reading Public ◽  
Ghost Stories ◽  
Gothic Fiction ◽  
Black Magic ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Profound Insight

‘He was deaf to the murmurs of conscience, and resolved to satisfy his desires at any price.’ The Monk (1796) is a sensational story of temptation and depravity, a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. The respected monk Ambrosio, the Abbot of a Capuchin monastery in Madrid, is overwhelmed with desire for a young girl; once having abandoned his monastic vows he begins a terrible descent into immorality and violence. His appalling fall from grace embraces blasphemy, black magic, torture, rape, and murder, and places his very soul in jeopardy. Lewis’s extraordinary tale drew on folklore, legendary ghost stories, and contemporary dread inspired by the terrors of the French Revolution. Its excesses shocked the reading public and it was condemned as obscene. The novel continues to beguile and shock readers today with its gruesome catalogue of iniquities, while at the same time giving a profound insight into the deep anxieties experienced by British citizens during one of the most turbulent periods in the nation’s history.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document