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Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others is a delightfully humorous collection of short tales relating encounters with ghosts by the American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife. (Goodreads).

Ghost stories, American. --- American ghost stories --- American fiction

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"On any given night, hundreds of guests walk the darkened streets of Colonial Williamsburg looking for ghosts. Since the early 2000s, both the museum and private companies have facilitated these hunts, offering year-round ghost tours. Critics have called these excursions a cash grab, but in truth, ghosts and hauntings have long been at the center of the Colonial Williamsburg project. The Spirit of Colonial Williamsburg examines how the long-dead past comes alive at this living-history museum. In the early twentieth century, local stories about the ghosts of former residents-among them Revolutionary War soldiers and nurses, tavern owners and prominent attorneys, and enslaved African Americans-helped to turn Williamsburg into a desirable site for historical restoration. But, for much of the twentieth century, the museum tried diligently to avoid any discussion of ghosts, considering them frivolous and lowbrow. Alena Pirok explores why historic sites have begun to embrace their spectral residents in recent decades, arguing that through them, patrons experience an emotional connection to place and a palpable understanding of the past through its people"--

Heritage tourism --- Public history --- Folklore and history --- Ghost stories, American --- Ghost tours --- Historic sites --- Social aspects --- Methodology. --- Interpretive programs --- Virginia --- Williamsburg (Va.) --- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) --- Historiography. --- History.

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In Haints, Arthur Redding examines the work of contemporary American authors who draw on the gothic tradition in their fiction, not as frivolous or supernatural entertainments, but to explore and memorialize the ghosts of their heritage. Ghosts, Redding argues, serve as lasting witnesses to the legacies of slaves and indigenous peoples whose stories were lost in the remembrance or mistranslation of history. No matter how much Americans willingly or unwillingly repress the true history of their ancestry; their ghosts remain unburied and restless.

National characteristics, American, in literature. --- Collective memory in literature. --- Ghosts in literature. --- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American --- Ghost stories, American --- American gothic fiction (Literary genre) --- American fiction --- American ghost stories --- History and criticism.

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American fiction --- Haunted houses in literature. --- Popular literature --- National characteristics, American, in literature. --- Ghost stories, American --- Horror tales, American --- Nightmares in literature. --- Home in literature. --- American ghost stories --- History and criticism. --- ROMAN AMERICAIN --- MAISONS HANTEES DANS LA LITTERATURE --- LITTERATURE POPULAIRE --- CARACTERISTIQUES NATIONALES --- LITTERATURE D'EPOUVANTE AMERICAINE --- CAUCHEMARS DANS LA LITTERATURE --- 20E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- ETATS-UNIS --- AMERICAINS --- DANS LA LITTERATURE