Author | : John Wilkinson, T.T. Harland |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2018-04-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3732659143 |
Reproduction of the original: Lancashire Folk-Lore by John Harland, T.T. Wilkinson
Author | : John Wilkinson, T.T. Harland |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2018-04-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3732659143 |
Reproduction of the original: Lancashire Folk-Lore by John Harland, T.T. Wilkinson
Author | : Dawn Keetley |
Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2023-04-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1786839806 |
While the undisputed heyday of folk horror was Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, the genre has not only a rich cinematic and literary prehistory, but directors and novelists around the world have also been reinventing folk horror for the contemporary moment. This study sets out to rethink the assumptions that have guided critical writing on the genre in the face of such expansions, with chapters exploring a range of subjects from the fiction of E. F. Benson to Scooby-Doo, video games, and community engagement with the Lancashire witches. In looking beyond Britain, the essays collected here extend folk horror's geographic terrain to map new conceptualisations of the genre now seen emerging from Italy, Ukraine, Thailand, Mexico and the Appalachian region of the US.
Author | : Melanie Warren |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2016-01-28 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9780764349836 |
Journey through Lancashire, England, to visit 155 places where strange history meets creepy modern times. Arranged alphabetically by town and place, the stories tell of ghosts, witches, fairies, dragons, and altercations with the Devil (who is not as clever as he thinks!). Legends connected to ancient monuments, holy wells, and the locations of Green Man carvings are also included. Sometimes these tales echo history and sometimes they come from a deeper folklore. Sometimes ghost stories are discredited, sometimes they are not. A useful guidebook for tourists and travelers, this book is also an invaluable compendium for serious researchers. Stories are indexed by type and a separate index lists postcodes and Ordinance Survey map references for those who wish to visit the locations for themselves.
Author | : Folklore Society (Great Britain) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sarah Bartels |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2021-03-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000348040 |
In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition of the significance of the supernatural in a Victorian context. Studies of nineteenth-century spiritualism, occultism, magic, and folklore have highlighted that Victorian England was ridden with spectres and learned magicians. Despite this growing body of scholarship, little historiographical work has addressed the Devil. This book demonstrates the significance of the Devil in a Victorian context, emphasising his pervasiveness and diversity. Drawing on a rich array of primary material, including theological and folkloric works, fiction, newspapers and periodicals, and broadsides and other ephemera, it uses the diabolic to explore the Victorians' complex and ambivalent relationship with the supernatural. Both the Devil and hell were theologically contested during the nineteenth century, with an increasing number of both clergymen and laypeople being discomfited by the thought of eternal hellfire. Nevertheless, the Devil continued to play a role in the majority of English denominations, as well as in folklore, spiritualism, occultism, popular culture, literature, and theatre. The Devil and the Victorians will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth-century English cultural and religious history, as well as the darker side of the supernatural.
Author | : Birmingham Public Libraries |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1344 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Cleveland Public Library. John G. White Department |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 800 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Folk songs |
ISBN | : |