D.H. Lawrence The Ghost Story. Author: England Born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, (1885- 1930) Critic, storywriter, poet, novelist His mother.

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D.H. Lawrence The Ghost Story

Author: England Born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, ( ) Critic, storywriter, poet, novelist His mother died in 1910-he helped her by giving her an overdose of sleeping pills

The Ghost Story: A Genre Story in which the spirit of a person no longer bound by “natural laws”, haunts a place Ghost will try to communicate an injustice, enact revenge, or complete unfinished business Does not include demonic pact, vampires, werewolves, or poltergeists Pre-date written literature/belong to oral tradition Disappeared until Gothic novel (I.e. Frankenstein)

First American ghost story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Ghost Story

Short Answer 1. Name 4 examples to prove that “The Rockinghorse Winner” is a ghost story. 2. Describe the emotional and physical characteristics of the mother and Paul. 3. State the main conflict of the work. 4. State the theme of the work in one sentence.