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The ghost story | The ghost story — supernatural encounters with spirits, usually of the dead — has been a popular fantasy motif in oral and written culture. The late 19th century saw a surge of women writers publishing supernatural fiction. In the late 20th century the ghost story is often given a horror spin. Ghost stories also crop up in magical realism, with ambiguity for the fantastic elements, or a seamless interface between the magical and the real. | ||
* [[Dorothy Allison]] "Demon Lover" | See [[ghost]] | ||
* [[Francesca Lia Block]] | |||
* [[Jane Chambers]] | ==Novels== | ||
* [[Mary E. Wilkins Freeman]], 1852-1930 | * [[Dorothy Allison]] - "[[Demon Lover]]" in ''Trash'' (1988), a lesbian ghost story. | ||
* [[Shirley Jackson]] | * [[Francesca Lia Block]] - ''[[Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books]]'' (1998), five short novels collected in one book. All the books are rather mysterious but ''[[Missing Angel Juan]]'' (1993) and, to a lesser extent, ''Baby Be-Bop'' (1995) have significant ghost presence. | ||
* [[Melissa Kwasny]] | * [[Jane Chambers]] - ''[[Burning]]'' (1978), two women are possessed by the spirits of two lesbians killed in the 18th century. | ||
* [[Paula Martinac]] | * [[Pamela Dean]] - ''[[Tam Lin]]'' (1991), a retelling in novel form of a traditional fairy ballad. Now with added ghost. | ||
* [[Toni Morrison]] | * [[Mary E. Wilkins Freeman]], 1852-1930, - ''The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural]]'' (1903), ghost stories. | ||
* [[Sarah Waters]] | * [[Shirley Jackson]] - ''[[The Haunting of Hill House]]'' (1959) | ||
* [[Brenda Weathers]] | * [[Melissa Kwasny]] - ''[[Modern Daughters and the Outlaw West]]'' (Spinsters Book, San Francisco, 1990), a small Wyoming town is infested with quirky lesbians, ghosts, and politics. | ||
* [[Brenda Weathers]] | * [[Paula Martinac]] - ''[[Out of Time]]'' (1990) | ||
* [[Toni Morrison]] - ''[[Beloved]]'' (1987) | |||
* [[Sarah Waters]] - ''[[Affinity]]'' (1999, UK), a victorian women's prison, spirituality, and sometimes sublimated sapphism. | |||
* [[Brenda Weathers]] - ''[[The House at Pelham Falls]]'', a lesbian ghost story. | |||
* [[Brenda Weathers]] - ''[[Miss Pettibone and Miss McGraw]]'' (1995), a lesbian ghost story. | |||
==Anthologies== | ==Anthologies== | ||
* ''[[Restless Spirits (anthology)|Restless Spirits: Ghost Stories by American Women, 1872-1926]]'' Catherine A. Lundie | * ''[[Restless Spirits (anthology)|Restless Spirits: Ghost Stories by American Women, 1872-1926]]'', ed. [[Catherine A. Lundie]] (University of Massachusetts Press, 328 pp., $17.95, 1997?) | ||
* ''[[What | * ''[[What Did Miss Darrington See?|What Did Miss Darrington See?: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction]]'', ed. [[Jessica Amanda Salmonson]] (1989) | ||
* ''The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and Other Spooky Gay and Lesbian Tales'' | * ''[[The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and Other Spooky Gay and Lesbian Tales]]'', ed. [[Julie K. Trevelyan]] and [[Scott Brassart]] (Alyson, 1998) | ||
* ''[[Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories]]'', ed. [[Catherine Lundoff]] (Lethe Press, 2008). | |||
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==See also== | |||
* [[Psychological ghost story]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:19, 22 December 2010
The ghost story — supernatural encounters with spirits, usually of the dead — has been a popular fantasy motif in oral and written culture. The late 19th century saw a surge of women writers publishing supernatural fiction. In the late 20th century the ghost story is often given a horror spin. Ghost stories also crop up in magical realism, with ambiguity for the fantastic elements, or a seamless interface between the magical and the real.
See ghost
Novels
- Dorothy Allison - "Demon Lover" in Trash (1988), a lesbian ghost story.
- Francesca Lia Block - Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (1998), five short novels collected in one book. All the books are rather mysterious but Missing Angel Juan (1993) and, to a lesser extent, Baby Be-Bop (1995) have significant ghost presence.
- Jane Chambers - Burning (1978), two women are possessed by the spirits of two lesbians killed in the 18th century.
- Pamela Dean - Tam Lin (1991), a retelling in novel form of a traditional fairy ballad. Now with added ghost.
- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, 1852-1930, - The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural]] (1903), ghost stories.
- Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House (1959)
- Melissa Kwasny - Modern Daughters and the Outlaw West (Spinsters Book, San Francisco, 1990), a small Wyoming town is infested with quirky lesbians, ghosts, and politics.
- Paula Martinac - Out of Time (1990)
- Toni Morrison - Beloved (1987)
- Sarah Waters - Affinity (1999, UK), a victorian women's prison, spirituality, and sometimes sublimated sapphism.
- Brenda Weathers - The House at Pelham Falls, a lesbian ghost story.
- Brenda Weathers - Miss Pettibone and Miss McGraw (1995), a lesbian ghost story.
Anthologies
- Restless Spirits: Ghost Stories by American Women, 1872-1926, ed. Catherine A. Lundie (University of Massachusetts Press, 328 pp., $17.95, 1997?)
- What Did Miss Darrington See?: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction, ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1989)
- The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and Other Spooky Gay and Lesbian Tales, ed. Julie K. Trevelyan and Scott Brassart (Alyson, 1998)
- Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories, ed. Catherine Lundoff (Lethe Press, 2008).