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Medieval Ghost Stories
Andrew Joynes
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Description for Medieval Ghost Stories
Paperback. Presents a collection of ghostly encounters from medieval romances, monastic chronicles, sagas and heroic poetry. This book features tales that bore a peculiar freight of spooks and spirituality which can still make the hair stand on end. It offers a commentary that aims to put the tales in context and bare the layers of meaning in them. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Seventy-seven tales of the supernatural, intended to frighten and excite and bring to heel their medieval audience, gathered from medieval chronicles, sagas, heroic poetry and romances. Strongly recommended. M R JAMES NEWSLETTER Stories of restless spirits returning from the afterlife are as old as storytelling. In medieval Europe ghosts, nightstalkers and unearthly visitors from parallel worlds had beenin circulation since before the coming of Christianity. Here is a collection of ghostly encounters from medieval romances, monastic chronicles, sagas and heroic poetry. These tales bore a peculiar freight of spooks and spirituality which can still make ... Read more
Seventy-seven tales of the supernatural, intended to frighten and excite and bring to heel their medieval audience, gathered from medieval chronicles, sagas, heroic poetry and romances. Strongly recommended. M R JAMES NEWSLETTER Stories of restless spirits returning from the afterlife are as old as storytelling. In medieval Europe ghosts, nightstalkers and unearthly visitors from parallel worlds had beenin circulation since before the coming of Christianity. Here is a collection of ghostly encounters from medieval romances, monastic chronicles, sagas and heroic poetry. These tales bore a peculiar freight of spooks and spirituality which can still make ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
252g
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843832690
SKU
V9781843832690
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Medieval Ghost Stories
(Reviewd together with 'Medieval Comic Tales') Both make a delightful contribution to our understanding and mapping of those mental landscapes. They also allowed me to see the physical medieval landscape differently, reminding me that in the medieval period it had supernatural and metaphorical dimensions. In these tales a wide range of medieval people come to life.
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