The rise of supernatural fiction, 1762-1800 / by Clery, E. J.

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American insurgents, American patriots : the revolution of the people / by Breen, T. H.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the revolutionary world of Matthew Patten -- The face of colonial society -- Ghost stories in a time of political crisis -- Revenge of the countryside -- Reaching out to others -- The power of rumor : the day the British destroyed Boston -- The association : the second stage of insurgency -- Schools of revolution -- Insurgents in power -- An appeal to heaven : religion and rights -- Endgames of empire.…”

Gothic literature / by Smith, Andrew, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Gothic histories -- Reading the gothic -- Burke -- Freud -- The gothic heyday 1760-1820 -- Defining the gothic: Otranto -- Radcliffe and Lewis -- American gothic -- Reading Frankenstein -- The gothic, 1820-1865 -- Gothic mutations: poetry -- Edgar Allen Poe and the American gothic -- Gothic mutations: prose -- Reading Jane Eyre -- Gothic Proximities, 1865-1900 -- Hidden identities: ghosts -- Gothic doubles -- Race and history: post-bellum gothic -- Reading Dracula -- Twentieth century -- The ghost story as the end of gothic? -- Radio and film -- Contemparary fiction: postmodern gothic? …”
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Yuan Mei : eighteenth century Chinese poet / by Waley, Arthur

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Yuan Mei; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; One: At Hangchow, 1716 to 1736; Two: At Peking, 1736 to 1743; Three: Prefect, 1743 to 1749; Four: At the Sui-yuan, and journey to the north-west,1749-1752; Five: The Sui-piand the Ghost Stories, 1752-1782; Six: Journeys,1782-1786; Seven: Poetry Talks and the Cookery Book,1787-1797; Appendices; I: Anson's dealings with the Chinese at Canton; II: After Yuan Mei's Death; III: The Macartney Mission and Yuan Mei's Works; IV: Rules Observed; Books; References; Index and Glossary.…”
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Gothic literature / by Smith, Andrew, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Gothic histories -- Reading the gothic -- Burke -- Freud -- Chapter 1: The gothic heyday, 1760-1820 -- Defining the gothic: Otranto -- Radcliffe and Lewis -- American gothic -- Reading Frankenstein -- Chapter 2: The gothic, 1820-1865 -- Gothic mutations: poetry -- Edgar Allen Poe and the American gothic -- Gothic mutations: prose -- Reading Jane Eyre -- Chapter 3: Gothic Proximities, 1865-1900 -- Hidden identities: ghosts -- Gothic doubles -- Race and history: post-bellum gothic -- Reading Dracula -- Chapter 4: Twentieth century -- The ghost story as the end of gothic? -- Radio and film -- Contemporary fiction: postmodern gothic? …”
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Ghosts in Enlightenment Scotland / by McGill, Martha

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