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Cock Lane and Common-Sense (Paperback)
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Cock Lane and Common-Sense (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
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Written by folklorist Andrew Lang (1844 1912), this 1894
publication examines the ambivalent relationship the living have
attempted to forge with the dead throughout history. Nicknamed 'the
Wizard of St Andrews', this prolific polymath also worked as an
anthropologist, classicist, historian, poet, mythologist, essayist
and journalist, producing over a hundred publications in his
lifetime. Largely ignored by scholarship, this book suggests
expanding the study of folklore to include contemporary narratives
of supernatural events. Taking its title from the legends of the
notorious Cock Lane ghost, the work considers the survival of
ancient beliefs such as hauntings, clairvoyance, and other
phenomena believed to transcend the laws of nature, and how such
beliefs have persisted through great social upheaval and change. It
includes chapters on savage and ancient spiritualism, comparative
psychical research, haunted houses, second sight, crystal gazing,
and Presbyterian ghost hunters, among others.
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