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Gravesend, which takes its name from the English town at the mouth of the Thames, revisits the genre of the ghost story and, through fragmentation, juxtaposition, and allusion, powerfully summons the uncanny, the spectral presence. Cole Swensen delves into ancient fables, the Bible, medieval records...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swensen, Cole, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Colección:New California poetry.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Gravesend; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; ONE: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GHOST?; Echo Body; If; Sometimes the Ghost; Etymology; A Ghost; He Who Was; Varieties of Ghost; Ajar; The Ghost Is in Itself; The End of Antiquity; According to Scripture; More Miracula; Going Home; The Hellequin's Hunt; The Gesta; Who Only Living; The Ghost Story; History; What Ghosts; Interview Series 1; Walking Through; A Face; Toward the End; The Beginnings of the Modern Era; Fairy Tale; TWO: HOW DID GRAVESEND GET ITS NAME?; Ghost Stories; A Good Friend; Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman.
  • Some Paintings of GhostsSome Ghosts in Paintings; Gravesend; Gravesend; Gravesend; Interview Series 2; Pocahontas (1595, Powhatan Confederacy--1616, Gravesend, England); The Ghost Dance; The Name; Engraved; Kent; THREE: WHAT DO TOU THINK A GHOST IS?; Cicatrice; Ghosts in the Sun; Whole Ghost; Traveling Ghost; Crowds; And Are Ghosts; Interview Series 3; Old Wives' Tales; Freud Claims; Some Chinese Ghosts; Across; Ghosts; Who Did; After This Death There Will Be No Other; Haint Blue; One No; How Might a Ghost Age; Who Walked; The Ghost Orchid; Acknowledgements; Notes.