Chapter: 'News from the Invisible World: The Publishing History of Tales of the Supernatural c.1660-1832' from book: Cultures of Witchcraft in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present

• Autor principal: Jonathan Barry (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
• Colección: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Materias: bewitchment; folklore; cunning folk; witch trials; demonology
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This chapter explores the transmission of tales of the supernatural during the very long eighteenth century (between c.1660 and c.1832). A genre of publications on this subject which have not been studied are those anthologies of supposedly true stories, usually relating to named people and places a...