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Barcode37821002561831
LocationMarshall District
TitleHow to build a haunted house : the history of a cultural obsession / Caitlin Blackwell Baines.
AuthorBlackwell, Caitlin, author.
Call No728.019 BLA
CollectionAdult New Arrivals

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International Standard Book Number 9798897100781
Personal Name Blackwell, Caitlin, author.
Title Statement How to build a haunted house : the history of a cultural obsession / Caitlin Blackwell Baines.
Edition Statement First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Imprint New York : Pegasus Books, 2026.
Physical Description 302 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (page 295-300) and index.
Formatted Contents Note Strawberry Hill House: the birth of 'gloomth' -- Chillingham Castle: besieged from within -- Borley Rectory: new haunts for old ghosts -- Hampton Court: the ghosts of fame -- The Myrtles Plantation: enslaved by a haunted history -- Raynham Hall: the death of the English country house -- The Amityville horror: ghosts on film -- The Winchester Mystery House: the architecture of a haunting -- Global ghosts: the haunted house at home and abroad.
Summary, Etc. "What makes a house haunted? Why do some buildings conjure up a reputation for being particularly creepy, while others leave us unmoved? Barring the possibility of a looming afterlife, what are the particular features, contexts, and histories that lend a building the dreaded identity of haunted house? How to Build a Haunted House tours some of the world's most famously spine-chilling structures in search of answers. From Medieval Scotland to Enlightenment-era London; Victorian suburbs to pre-Civil War Louisiana, Blackwell Baines, an expert in Gothic art and architecture, will explore that specific set of ingredients that captures our imaginations and contributes to our collective understanding of the eternally eerie. After all, whether a staunch sceptic or paranormal enthusiast, we all know a haunted house when we see one." --publisher's website.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Dwellings Psychological aspects.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Haunted houses History.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Architecture Psychological aspects.

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