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Russell Kirk: Ancestral Shadows: an Anthology of Ghostly Tales.(Shorter notices)(Book Review)
Russell Kirk Ancestral Shadows: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales, introduction by Vigen Guroian. Eerdmans, 406 pages, $25
Russell Kirk, patriarch of conservative thought, believed in ghosts. (Surprised? But what could be more "conservative--that is, backward and wrong-headed--than embracing an ignorant medieval superstition?) Well, maybe he didn't believe in them. We'll never know. He did write plenty about them, and he is to be congratulated for it. His ghost stories, gathered in a new volume called Ancestral Shadows: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales, are strange and welcome meat for the bones of conservative thought.
In Kirk's hands, ghost stories are morality plays, not penny-dreadful amusements. Kirk the medium is a messenger--and his message is: if you think you can discard the wisdom or the mystery of our ancestral past, you're dead wrong. Quoting another prominent conservative: "there are also unknown ...
- Kirk, Russell. Ancestral Shadows: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Booklist Olson, Ray September 15, 2004 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly August 30, 1999 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 19, 2004 700+ words
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- Ghostly tales.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 21, 2005 700+ words
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- Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore.(Children's Review)
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly July 5, 1991 700+ words
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- ASIA: Ghostly tales of house-hunting, Jakarta style (reiissuing).
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 13, 2002 700+ words
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- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 12, 2002 700+ words
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