George Cruikshank, Giles Scroggins ghost line drawing

Shades of Meaning: A Haunted Victorians Anthology

Welcome to Shades of Meaning, an anthology of haunted, ghostly, and ghastly tales from the Victorian period. In this edition you will find links to five Victorian ghost stories, complete with annotations, as well as accompanying elements such as editorial introductions and galleries of associated images for each narrative. These supplemental materials were collected and constructed by teams of editors composed of students in the undergraduate Victorian Literature course “Haunted Victorians” at James Madison University during the fall of 2024. Their discoveries, interpretations, and creative responses to these haunting Victorian narratives shape each part of this collaborative anthology. Please explore all that the anthology has to offer, and enjoy the many shades and many meanings haunting this edition!

Image of a dancing phantom from Lewis Carroll collection /Rhyme? and Reason?/

"And Swing Yourself from Side to Side," from Rhyme? and Reasonby Lewis Carroll, illustration by A. B. Frost (Macmillan, 1883).
Source: Wikimedia Commons. Reproduced in accordance with the Doctrine of Fair Use, as per 17 USC 107.

 

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December 2024

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