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Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens
29.99 AUD
Category: Mythology | Reading Level: very good
Now in paperback, this is a new cultural history of the ghost--one of the most popular and pervasive subjects worldwide. Spanning from the medieval period to today, the book includes a wide range of artists and writers, including Hogarth, Blake, Rossetti, Shakespeare, Pepys, Shelley, and Dickens. Contem ...Show more
Ghost: A Cultural History - Hardcover by Susan Owens
39.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas
"Five thousand years have now elapsed since the creation of the world, and still it is undecided whether or not there has even been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it; but all belief is for it." --Samuel Johnson Ghosts are woven into the very fabri ...Show more
Imagining England’s Past: Inspiration, Enchantment, Obsession by Susan Owens
49.99 AUD
Category: History
Imagining England's Past takes a long look at the country's invented histories, from the glamorous to the disturbing, from the eighth century to the present day.England has long built its sense of self on visions of its past. What does it mean for medieval writers to summon King Arthur from the post-Rom ...Show more
The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art by Susan Owens
51.95 AUD
Category: Art
Drawing is at the heart of human creativity. The most democratic form of art-making, it requires nothing more than a plain surface and a stub of pencil, a piece of chalk or an inky brush. Our prehistoric ancestors drew with natural pigments on the walls of caves, and every subsequent culture has practis ...Show more
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