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Post by dem bones on Aug 25, 2008 14:54:54 GMT
Jenny Uglow (ed.) - The Vintage Book Of Ghosts (Vintage, 1994)  Cover photograph.: Simon MarsdenBlurb: "A Wonderful, bursting anthology ... Hauntingly irresistible" - Nicholas Wollaston, Observer
This landmark anthology is the first book to gather together the literature of ghosts, ranging from the Bible and Norse epics to a surprisingly wide range of contemporary writers, including Will Self and A.S.Byatt, Seamus Heaney and Peter Ackroyd. The result is a funny, moving and often shiver-invoking chronicle of the supernatural that charts the dark waters of fear, loss and our endless hope that life continues beyond the grave.
`A scholarly confection of spook-stories from Gilgamesh to Ghostbusters, taking in the Bible, Shakespeare and Will Self en route' - Francis Wheen, Mail On Sunday
`A skilful blend of instruction, grue and merriment' - E. S. Turner, Times Literary Supplement Jenny Uglow's introductory essay makes for interesting reading, but I'm not sure I find Vintage Book Of Ghosts quite as "Hauntingly irresistible" as the fellow at the Observer. The book consists of hundreds of extracts from short stories, novels and poems - an anthology of the ghostly bits, if you will. Personally, I'd either going to read the likes of "Oh Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad ..." and Amour Dure in their entirety or not at all as I can't see them being much fun minus the slow build up of suspense.
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