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Trick or Treat : a History of Halloween.
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ISBN: 9781780231877 1780231873 Year: 2017 Publisher: Londen : Reaktion Books,

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The cinema of Tsui Hark
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ISBN: 0786409908 Year: 2001 Publisher: Jefferson McFarland

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Calling the spirits : a history of seances
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ISBN: 9781789146493 1789146496 Year: 2022 Publisher: London Reaktion Books

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Calling the Spirits investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer's Odyssey to the emergence of Spiritualism, when Victorians were entranced by mediums and the seance was born. Among our cast are the Fox sisters, teenagers surrounded by 'spirit rappings' who later confessed to fraud; Daniel Dunglas Home, often called the greatest medium of all time, who was seen to levitate during sittings; William Crookes, the renowned scientist who risked his reputation to affirm the psychic powers of young Florence Cook; Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose unlikely friendship was forged, then riven, by the afterlife; and Helen Duncan, the medium whose 1944 trial for witchcraft proved more popular than war news. The book also considers Ouija boards, modern psychics and paranormal investigations, and is illustrated with engravings, fine art (channelled from beyond), and photographs. Hugely entertaining, it begs the question: is anybody there?"

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Seances --- Spiritualism --- History


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Trick or treat : a history of Halloween
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ISBN: 1780230559 1299139337 9781780230559 9781299139336 9781789141580 1789141583 Year: 2012 Publisher: London : Reaktion Books,

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Every year, children and adults alike take to the streets dressed as witches, demons, animals, celebrities, and more. They carve pumpkins and play pranks, and the braver ones watch scary movies and go on ghost tours. There are parades, fireworks displays, cornfield mazes, and haunted houses-and, most important, copious amounts of bite-sized candy. The popularity of Halloween has spread around the globe to places as diverse as Russia, China, and Japan, but its association with death and the supernatural and its inevitable commercialization has made it one of our most misunderstood holidays

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Weird Women : Volume 2: 1840-1925: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers
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ISBN: 1643137840 Publisher: Pegasus Books

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Horror literature from Gothic to post-modern : critical essays
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ISBN: 1476637911 Year: 2020 Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,

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"From shambling zombies to Gothic ghosts, horror has entertained thrill-seeking readers for centuries. A versatile literary genre, it offers commentary on societal issues, fresh insight into the everyday and moral tales disguised in haunting tropes and grotesque acts, with many stories worthy of critical appraisal. This collection of new essays takes in a range of topics, focusing on historic works such as Ann Radcliffe's Gaston de Blondeville (1826) and modern novels including Max Brooks' World War Z. Other contributions examine weird fiction, Stephen King, Richard Laymon, Indigenous Australian monster mythology and horror in picture books for young children"--

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