Make The Night Hideous

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Make The Night Hideous

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Author : Pauline Greenhill
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01

Make The Night Hideous written by Pauline Greenhill and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.

The charivari is a loud, late-night surprise house-visiting custom from members of a community, usually to a newlywed couple, accompanied by a quête (a request for a treat or money in exchange for the noisy performance) and/or pranks. Up to the first decades of the twentieth century, charivaris were for the most part enacted to express disapproval of the relationship that was their focus, such as those between individuals of different ages, races, or religions. While later charivaris maintained the same rituals, their meaning changed to a welcoming of the marriage. Make the Night Hideous explores this mysterious transformation using four detailed case studies from different time periods and locations across English Canada, as well as first-person accounts of more recent charivari participants. Pauline Greenhill's unique and fascinating work explores the malleability of a tradition, its continuing value, and its contestation in a variety of discourses.

The Connection Of Disease With Habits Of Intemperance

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Author : Charles Willsie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

The Connection Of Disease With Habits Of Intemperance written by Charles Willsie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Alcohol categories.

St Nicholas

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

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Familiar Quotations

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Author : John Bartlett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

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St Nicholas

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Author : Mary Mapes Dodge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

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History Of The City Of Minneapolis Minnesota

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Author : Isaac Atwater
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893

History Of The City Of Minneapolis Minnesota written by Isaac Atwater and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Minneapolis (Minn.) categories.

Tinsley S Magazine

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878

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City Of Dreadful Night

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Author : Lee Siegel
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-12-01

City Of Dreadful Night written by Lee Siegel and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-01 with Fiction categories.

When Lee Siegel went to India to do research for a book on Sanskrit horror literature, a friend in New Delhi told him about an itinerant teller of ghost and vampire tales, a man with clusters of amulets around his neck and a silk top hat with peacock plumes on his head. Siegel set out in search of the old man—called Brahm Kathuwala—to hear his stories and to learn about his uncommon life. But what started out as a study of other people's stories became a compelling story itself. City of Dreadful Night is an astonishing work of fiction, a tangle of tales that transports the reader from the Medieval India of magicians, witches, and vampires, through the British India of Brahm Kathuwala's childhood, into the chaos and political terror of contemporary India. Vividly recreating Indian literary and oral traditions, Siegel weaves a web of possession, reincarnation, and magical transformation unlike any found in the Western tradition. Flesh-eating demons, Rajiv Gandhi's assassin, even Bram Stoker and Dracula populate the serpentine narrative, which intermingles stories about the characters with the terrifying tales they tell. Siegel pursues Brahm Kathuwala from the ghastly lights of the cremation ground at Banaras through villages all over north India. Brahm's life story is revealed through countless tales along the way. We learn that he was raised, and abandoned, by two mothers—one the destitute floor sweeper who bore him; the other her employer, a wealthy Irish woman who read and reread to him the story of Dracula. We hear of his marriage to the daughter of a cremation ground attendant, his battles against her demonic possession, and their painful parting. We come to understand the daily life and motivations of this "horror professional," who uses terrifying tales to ward off the evil he himself fears. This unorthodox book is more than a story; it blends scholarship, fantasy, travelogue, and autobiography—fusing and overlapping historical accounts and newscasts, literary texts and films, dreams and nocturnal tales. Siegel uses imagination to explore the relation of real terror to horror fiction and to contemplate the ways fear and disgust become thrilling elements in stories of the macabre. This book is the product of Siegel's deep knowledge of both Indian and Western literary and philosophical traditions. It is also an attempt to come to grips with the omnipresence of political and religious terror in contemporary India. Shocking, original, beautifully written, City of Dreadful Night offers readers a captivating immersion in the wonder and terror of India, past and present.

Temple Bar

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Author : George Augustus Sala
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874

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Truth

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

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