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McGill, Martha (2022) The evolution of haunted space in Scotland. Gothic Studies, 24 (1). pp. 18-30. doi:10.3366/gothic.2022.0118 ISSN 2050-456X.

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Abstract

This article explores the popularisation of the concept of haunted space in late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Scotland. While earlier ghost stories were usually about the haunting of people, the rise of Gothic and Romantic literary aesthetics fuelled a new interest in both the Scottish landscape, and the dramatic potential of lurking spectres. Amid the upheaval of industrialisation and the Highland Clearances, and in a period when Scots were still wrestling with the implications of the 1707 Union, authors recorded stories of wandering ghosts as part of a broader movement to fashion a distinctive identity rooted in a specific cultural context. Against the frequently broad scope of academic literature on spectrality, this article draws attention to the crucial significance of contextual nuances and specific historical and social circumstances. In particular, it points to the fraught politics of loss and repossession in relation to the Highlands’ history of depopulation and modernisation, casting a fresh light on the historical events that have given shape to Scottish haunted space.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Landscapes in literature, Haunted places -- Scotland, Highlands (Scotland) -- Historical geography, Ghost stories, Scottish -- Scotland, Ghosts in literature, Supernatural in literature
Journal or Publication Title: Gothic Studies
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISSN: 2050-456X
Official Date: March 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2022Published
1 December 2021Accepted
Volume: 24
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 18-30
DOI: 10.3366/gothic.2022.0118
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Edinburgh University Press in Gothic Studies. The Version of Record is available online at: http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/gothic.2022.0118
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 8 March 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access: 14 April 2022
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
PF2\180100British Academyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000286
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