The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Is the ghost story the oldest literary type? Every culture possesses myths about interactions between the living and the dead, often in the form of a journey to the underworld or a visitation from “hungry ghosts” (a literal translation of èguǐ, a term from the ancient Chinese tradition). I might even claim the spread of spiritual belief s…
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