Possessions The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson Valley

Name: Possessions The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson Valley
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ISBN: 9780674011618

ISBN-10: 0674011619

ISBN-13: 9780674011618

Edition: 2003

Authors: Judith Richardson

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The cultural landscape of the Hudson River Valley is crowded with ghosts--the ghosts of Native Americans and Dutch colonists, of Revolutionary War soldiers and spies, of presidents, slaves, priests, and laborers. Possessions asks why this region just outside New York City became the locus for so many ghostly tales, and shows how these hauntings came to operate as a peculiar type of social memory whereby things lost, forgotten, or marginalized returned to claim possession of imaginations and territories. Reading Washington Irving's stories along with a diverse array of narratives from local folklore and regional writings, Judith Richardson explores the causes and consequences of Hudson…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/31/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Judith Richardson is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Stanford University.



Introduction


""How Comes theHudson to this Unique Heritage?""


Irving's Web


The Colorful Career of a Ghost from Leeds


Local Characters


Possessing High Tor Mountain


Epilogue: Hauntings without End


Notes


Index