A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 Years of Hunting for Proof
Autor Roger Clarkeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 oct 2013
What explains spectral sightings? Why do we fear the supernatural? What proof is there? Growing up in a haunted house, Roger Clarke spent much of his childhood trying to see a ghost. From the terrifying true events behind Henry James'sThe Turn of the Screwto the frenzy of the Cock Lane poltergeist, he takes us on a journey of belief with ghosts of every kind.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141048086
ISBN-10: 0141048085
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 20 integrated b/w
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141048085
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 20 integrated b/w
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Raised
in
a
haunted
house,
Roger
Clarke
is
best
known
as
a
film-writer
for
theIndependentnewspaper
and
more
recentlySight
&
Sound.
He
was
the
youngest
person
ever
to
join
the
Society
for
Psychical
Research
in
the
1980s
and
was
getting
his
ghost
stories
published
by
the
The
Pan
&
Fontana
series
of
horror
books
aged
only
15,
when
Roald
Dahl
asked
his
agent
to
take
him
on
as
a
client.
A
published
poet,
his
libretto
forThe
Man
with
the
Footsoles
of
Windwas
performed
at
the
Almeida
Theatre
in
London
in
1993.
This
is
the
book
he
always
wanted
to
write.
Recenzii
Beautifully
written
...
lithe,
complicated
and
hugely
rewarding
Simmering as it is with personal reflections, this handsome volume ... is bursting with a giddy passion, buoyed further by an expert's thirst for abstruse facts. The main pleasure of reading this book is Clarke's own enthusiasm, intelligence and seriousness ... a deeply interesting, revealing read
Splendid ... compelling ... Clarke manages to give goose-flesh and a giggle while informing the reader - an enviable feat
A highly enjoyable (and disturbing work) ... I am in awe of [Clarke's] intrepidity
Outstanding ... Clarke's dissection of the shocks, sadnesses and sexiness of the seance tables from the late Victorian era is brilliantly done ... The book is deeply enjoyable, hugely informative and at times distinctly unsettling
Britain has over 500-years' worth of ghost stories in the cupboard and in The Natural History of Ghosts, Roger Clarke makes them dance ... the most original and readable book exploring our ghost-rich culture to appear for years ... fascinating
Clarke's examination of the need people have to believe remains insightful and illuminating throughout
Roger Clarke explores the endlessly fascinating subject of the dead who won't lie down, the places they haunt, as well as the hysteria and panic they inspire. Why and how over 500 years their existence has never been scientifically proved - but at the same time, never disproved. Ghosts are masters of the elusive and ambiguous, but Clarke is a master investigator
An intriguing, shivers-down-the-spine book
Lively and absorbing ... [Clarke] has proven himself an ideal guide to this troubled and disorderly realm
Roger Clarke tells . . . gloriously weird stories with real verve, and also a kind of narrative authority that tends to constrain the sceptical voice within. There's simply so many of these accounts, each unique to its own setting but having much in common with the rest, particularly poltergeist activity and ghostly apparitions. What prevents the reader from casually dismissing it all as the delusions of disturbed minds is the frequent presence of some unflappable English person unlikely to be rattled by a mere bump in the night . . . [an] erudite and richly entertaining book
A fascinating social history ... exceptionally well written and researched
Why do ghosts wear clothes? This is just one of a number of interesting questions raised by this jaunty book ... In a series of short, snappy chapters, Clarke examines the evidence for just about every ghost who ever drew, or withdrew, breath ... butA Natural History of Ghostsis also haunted by another story, lurking not very far beneath: the story of the author's childhood need to believe in ghosts, and the gradual erosion of that belief
A gripping history that traces the scientific and social aspects of ghostly sightings
Compelling ... Research into the paranormal necessarily involves a fair degree of debunking, and Clarke is careful to be sceptical. The narrative of ghost-hunting is simultaneously a history and exposure of fraud and popular delusion ... [yet] Clarke retains a boyish and ... well-informed enthusiasm for his subject
[A] voyage through the half-lit world of lost souls ... tales told with ghoulish relish
Simmering as it is with personal reflections, this handsome volume ... is bursting with a giddy passion, buoyed further by an expert's thirst for abstruse facts. The main pleasure of reading this book is Clarke's own enthusiasm, intelligence and seriousness ... a deeply interesting, revealing read
Splendid ... compelling ... Clarke manages to give goose-flesh and a giggle while informing the reader - an enviable feat
A highly enjoyable (and disturbing work) ... I am in awe of [Clarke's] intrepidity
Outstanding ... Clarke's dissection of the shocks, sadnesses and sexiness of the seance tables from the late Victorian era is brilliantly done ... The book is deeply enjoyable, hugely informative and at times distinctly unsettling
Britain has over 500-years' worth of ghost stories in the cupboard and in The Natural History of Ghosts, Roger Clarke makes them dance ... the most original and readable book exploring our ghost-rich culture to appear for years ... fascinating
Clarke's examination of the need people have to believe remains insightful and illuminating throughout
Roger Clarke explores the endlessly fascinating subject of the dead who won't lie down, the places they haunt, as well as the hysteria and panic they inspire. Why and how over 500 years their existence has never been scientifically proved - but at the same time, never disproved. Ghosts are masters of the elusive and ambiguous, but Clarke is a master investigator
An intriguing, shivers-down-the-spine book
Lively and absorbing ... [Clarke] has proven himself an ideal guide to this troubled and disorderly realm
Roger Clarke tells . . . gloriously weird stories with real verve, and also a kind of narrative authority that tends to constrain the sceptical voice within. There's simply so many of these accounts, each unique to its own setting but having much in common with the rest, particularly poltergeist activity and ghostly apparitions. What prevents the reader from casually dismissing it all as the delusions of disturbed minds is the frequent presence of some unflappable English person unlikely to be rattled by a mere bump in the night . . . [an] erudite and richly entertaining book
A fascinating social history ... exceptionally well written and researched
Why do ghosts wear clothes? This is just one of a number of interesting questions raised by this jaunty book ... In a series of short, snappy chapters, Clarke examines the evidence for just about every ghost who ever drew, or withdrew, breath ... butA Natural History of Ghostsis also haunted by another story, lurking not very far beneath: the story of the author's childhood need to believe in ghosts, and the gradual erosion of that belief
A gripping history that traces the scientific and social aspects of ghostly sightings
Compelling ... Research into the paranormal necessarily involves a fair degree of debunking, and Clarke is careful to be sceptical. The narrative of ghost-hunting is simultaneously a history and exposure of fraud and popular delusion ... [yet] Clarke retains a boyish and ... well-informed enthusiasm for his subject
[A] voyage through the half-lit world of lost souls ... tales told with ghoulish relish