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For other uses, see Ghost Story. A ghost story may be any piece of Fiction, or Drama, that includes a Ghost, or simply takes as a Premise the possibility of ghosts or the belief

A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or the belief of some character(s) in them. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. A ghost is said to be the apparition of a Deceased person frequently similar in appearance to that person and usually encountered in places she or he frequented In Discourse and Logic, a premise is a claim that is a reason (or element of a set of reasons for or objection against some other claim In that sense The Tale of Genji contains ghost stories, and Shakespeare's Hamlet is a ghost story. is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century around the peak of the Heian Period William Shakespeare ( baptised Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 Henry James used the ghost story premise. Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James Stories involving ghosts are found in traditional cultures worldwide. Charles Dickens wrote one of the most famous ghost stories, A Christmas Carol, in which a miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, is visited by four spirits on Christmas Eve. A Christmas Carol in Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol) is a Novella by Charles Dickens Ebenezer Scrooge is the Main character in Charles Dickens ' 1843 Novel, A Christmas Carol. Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus. They show him how he has misused his life, and their influence changes him.

In a narrower sense, the ghost story has been developed as a short story format, within genre fiction. The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Genre fiction is a term for fictional works ( Novels short stories) written with the intent of fitting into a specific Literary genre As such, it may be a relatively restrained form of supernatural fiction, compared with the excess of the horror story. Supernatural fiction is a classification of Literature used to describe Fiction exploiting or requiring as plot devices or themes some contradictions of the commonplace Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience The ghost stories of M. R. James, Charles Dickens, H. Russell Wakefield, and Sheridan Le Fanu are classic expressions, as is Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Montague Rhodes James, OM, MA, ( August 1, 1862 – June 12, 1936) who used the publication name M Herbert Russell Wakefield (1888 – 1964 was an English Short story Writer, Novelist, Publisher, and Civil servant chiefly Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 &ndash 7 February 1873 was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels Washington Irving (April 3 1783 – November 28 1859 was an American Author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " is a Short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon Gent

Two of the most important twentieth-century authors of ghost stories were Walter de la Mare and Robert Aickman, each a supreme stylist who genuinely believed in the supernatural. Walter John de la Mare (surname pronounced /ˈdɛləˌmeə(ɹ/ OM CH ( 25 April 1873 &ndash 22 June 1956) was an Robert Fordyce Aickman ( 27 June 1914 &ndash 26 February 1981) was an English Conservationist and writer of fiction and nonfiction De la Mare often brought a poetic vision to his work, whereas Aickman explored the dark, nightmarish and occasionally erotic byways of the subconscious. The term subconscious is defined as existing or operating in the Mind beneath or beyond Conscious Awareness. However, what unites both writers, in addition to their perfection of individual style, is their reliance upon ambiguity as a medium for heightening effect. Ambiguity (Am-big-u-i-ty is the property of being ambiguous, where a Word, term notation sign Symbol, Phrase, sentence, or any

Many ghost stories are passed down through the telling of them to family members and friends. However, there are often several versions due to personal changes to the story and forgetfulness.

Japan has a long and complex tradition of ghost stories (kaidan in Japanese), perhaps best-known from Lafcadio Hearn's book, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. "Kwaidan" redirects here For the book by Lafcadio Hearn see Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Patrick Lafcadio Hearn ( June 27, 1850 - September 26, 1904) also known as after gaining Japanese citizenship was an author best known Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things (often abbreviated to Kwaidan) is a book by Lafcadio Hearn that features several Japanese

Colloquially, the term also can refer to any kind of scary story.

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The English ghost story

In "Some Remarks on Ghost Stories"[1] (1929), M. R. James identifies five key features of the English ghost story:

[NOTE: This abbreviation of five key points in James's essay were first summarized by Prof. Montague Rhodes James, OM, MA, ( August 1, 1862 – June 12, 1936) who used the publication name M The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English Frank Coffman for a course in popular imaginative literature. ]

There is an extensive critical analysis of the work of several English ghost story writers in Jack Sullivan's book Elegant Nightmares: The English Ghost Story from Le Fanu to Blackwood (1978) . Jack Sullivan (born 1946) is an American literary scholar Essayist, Author, editor, Musicologist, and Short story

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  1. ^ Excerpts From "Some Remarks on Ghost Stories". 13 October 2005.

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ghost story

-noun

  1. A story about ghosts, meant to be frightening.
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