The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts by Owen Davies

The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts

Owen Davies

299 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative reflective slow-paced
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This book examines the social history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present. Belief in them has been manipulated for political and religious purposes, generated social panics and scandals, been a perennial source of literary inspiratio...

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