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Perhaps one of the most famous examples is [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]]'s ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]'' (1892). | Perhaps one of the most famous examples is [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]]'s ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]'' (1892). | ||
Other examples and writers include: | Other examples and writers include (women in bold): | ||
* [[Charles Dickens]], ''[[The Signalman]]'' (1866) | * [[Charles Dickens]], ''[[The Signalman]]'' (1866) | ||
* [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]]'s ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]'' (1892) | * '''[[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]]'s ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]''''' (1892) | ||
* [[Henry James]], ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]'' (1898) | * [[Henry James]], ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]'' (1898) | ||
* [[Oliver Onions]], ''[[The Beckoning Fair One]]'' [http://www.english.upenn.edu/~nauerbac/onions.html] | * [[Oliver Onions]], ''[[The Beckoning Fair One]]'' (1911) [http://www.english.upenn.edu/~nauerbac/onions.html] | ||
* [[Robert Aickman]] | |||
* [[Walter De La Mare]] | |||
* '''[[L.P. Hartley]]''' | |||
* '''[[Violet Hunt]]''' | |||
* '''[[Vernon Lee]]''' | |||
* '''[[Edith Wharton]]''' | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 22 December 2010
The psychological ghost story is a type of ghost story which is particularly told from the protagonist's point of view, and in a way that suggests the protagonist may be an unreliable narrator -- mad or deluded.
Perhaps one of the most famous examples is Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper (1892).
Other examples and writers include (women in bold):
- Charles Dickens, The Signalman (1866)
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)
- Henry James, The Turn of the Screw (1898)
- Oliver Onions, The Beckoning Fair One (1911) [1]
- Robert Aickman
- Walter De La Mare
- L.P. Hartley
- Violet Hunt
- Vernon Lee
- Edith Wharton