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The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore

Sayı: 10 22 Nisan 2026
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The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore

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This article examines Peter Ackroyd’s The English Ghost (2010) as a significant cultural archive gathering ghost stories that emerged over a broad time span, from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day. Ackroyd compiles this collection by synthesizing accounts from diverse origins, ranging from newspapers, memoirs, and letters to ghost story collections and folk histories. Ackroyd’s collection serves as a rich repository of ghostlore, often treated as a folkloric discipline dedicated to the study of spectral phenomena. By presenting various manifestations and haunted locales across different eras, the collection reveals the underlying cultural facets and the evolving heritage of the English supernatural tradition. The article draws on a methodology of close reading and folklore studies, specifically the theories of William Bascom and Richard Bauman, to examine how ghost narratives function in the construction of national identity and collective memory. Moving beyond their value as entertainment, the article analyzes how the narratives in Ackroyd’s collection function as mirrors of English culture and heritage. This study specifically explores three recurring themes in the narratives: the persistent intrusion of the past into the present, the dichotomy between rational thought and supernatural occurrences, and collective fears regarding mortality and the afterlife. Ultimately, the article contends that this collection of ghost stories provides a comprehensive understanding of how a nation’s enduring fascination with the spectral embodies its cultural identity and reinforces its connection to an ancestral past.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Destekleyen Kurum

This study was conducted without any financial support.

Teşekkür

In this study, artificial intelligence-supported tools were used to a limited extent within the acceptable boundaries defined in Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies’ Artificial Intelligence Use Policy; all content has been reviewed and approved in its final form by the author.

Kaynakça

  1. Ackroyd, Peter. The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time. Vintage Books, 2010.
  2. Albayrak, Gökhan. “Interiority in a Middle English Romance: The Quest into the Mindscape in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” Uluslararası Toplumsal Bilimler Dergisi 8, no. 4 (2024): 198–215. https://izlik.org/JA33SC98TC
  3. Ayres, Brenda. “Victorian Ghosts: Too Rebellious to Stay Dead.” In The Routledge Handbook of Victorian Rebels, edited by Brenda Ayres, 376–389. Routledge, 2025.
  4. Bal, Reyyan. “Duplicitous Detection in Peter Ackroyd’s Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem.” Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, no. 37 (2019): 221–230. https://izlik.org/JA72KD54TD
  5. Bascom, William. “Four Functions of Folklore.” The Journal of American Folklore 67, no. 266 (1954): 333–349.
  6. Bauman, Richard. “Folklore and the Forces of Modernity.” Folklore Forum 16, no. 2 (1983): 153–158.
  7. ———. “Folklore.” In Folklore, Cultural Performances, and Popular Entertainments: A Communications-Centered Handbook, edited by Richard Bauman, 29–40. Oxford University Press, 1992.
  8. Bennett, Gillian. “Folklore Studies and the English Rural Myth.” Rural History 4, no. 1 (1993): 77–91.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dünya Dilleri, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer), Karşılaştırmalı ve Ulusötesi Edebiyat, Edebi Çalışmalar (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

22 Nisan 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

20 Ocak 2026

Kabul Tarihi

15 Mart 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Sayı: 10

Kaynak Göster

APA
Coşar-Çelik, S. (2026). The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore. Nesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 10, 115-135. https://doi.org/10.64957/nesir.1934488
AMA
1.Coşar-Çelik S. The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore. Nesir. 2026;(10):115-135. doi:10.64957/nesir.1934488
Chicago
Coşar-Çelik, Seda. 2026. “The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore”. Nesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 10: 115-35. https://doi.org/10.64957/nesir.1934488.
EndNote
Coşar-Çelik S (01 Nisan 2026) The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore. Nesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 10 115–135.
IEEE
[1]S. Coşar-Çelik, “The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore”, Nesir, sy 10, ss. 115–135, Nis. 2026, doi: 10.64957/nesir.1934488.
ISNAD
Coşar-Çelik, Seda. “The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore”. Nesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 10 (01 Nisan 2026): 115-135. https://doi.org/10.64957/nesir.1934488.
JAMA
1.Coşar-Çelik S. The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore. Nesir. 2026;:115–135.
MLA
Coşar-Çelik, Seda. “The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore”. Nesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 10, Nisan 2026, ss. 115-3, doi:10.64957/nesir.1934488.
Vancouver
1.Seda Coşar-Çelik. The English Ghost: Unearthing Culture and Heritage Through Ghostlore. Nesir. 01 Nisan 2026;(10):115-3. doi:10.64957/nesir.1934488

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