The Haunted dusk

Howard Kerr

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3h 56m

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The Haunted dusk

by Howard Kerr, John William Crowley, Charles L. Crow

1983

University of Georgia Press

236

0820306304

Description

Contents: Washington Irving and the American Ghost Story • essay by G. Richard Thompson [as by G. R. Thompson ] Phantasms and Death in Poe's Fiction • essay by J. Gerald Kennedy Philanthropy and the Occult in the Fiction of Hawthorne, Brownson, and Melville • essay by Carolyn L. Karcher "I must have died at ten minutes past one": Posthumous Reverie in Harriet Prescott Spofford's "The Amber Gods" • essay by Barton Levi St. Armand Ghostly Rentals, Ghostly Purchases: Haunted Imaginations in James, Twain, and Bellamy • essay by Jay Martin James's Last Early Supernatural Tales: Hawthorne Demagnetized, Poe Depoetized • essay by Howard Kerr Psychology and the Psychic in W. D. Howell's "A Sleep and a Forgetting" • essay by Charles L. Crow and John W. Crowley "When Other Amusements Fail": Mark Twain and the Occult • essay by Alan Gribben Jack London: Up from Spiritualism • essay by Charles N. Watson, Jr. The Color of "The Damned Thing": The Occult as the Supersensational • essay by Cruce Stark

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How many pages are in The Haunted dusk?

This edition of The Haunted dusk has approximately 236 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.

How long does it take to read The Haunted dusk?

For most readers, The Haunted dusk typically takes between 4h 55m and 3h 17m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 59,000 words and common reading speeds.

Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 3h 56m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 8 days • Estimated word count: 59,000 words

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What is the word count of The Haunted dusk?

The estimated word count for The Haunted dusk is approximately 59,000 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.

This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.

Who is the author of The Haunted dusk?

The Haunted dusk was written by Howard Kerr, John William Crowley, Charles L. Crow.

When was The Haunted dusk published?

The publication date for this specific edition is 1983. The original work may have been published on a different date.