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Inscribing Morality on the Landscape: Deviant Mountain Women in Bessie Eldreth’s Ghost Stories

Record #:
35975
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Abstract:
For longtime inhabitants of an area, the landscape itself becomes more than a physical setting for action, becoming impregnated with memories, history, and values. With this in mind, an examination of Eldreth’s ghost stories can yield new insights to the relationship between narrative and place.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 42 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1995, p75-90, il, bibl