Halloween Reader: Poems, Stories, and Plays from Halloweens Past by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne

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Spooky writing for a literary celebration.

This anthology contains the works of writers from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries who evoke the night to set a scene, twist a plot, or explain something inexplicable, like madness or time travel. Here is Halloween as it was imagined: a joyous time for games and storytelling, a portentous time to make amends and wishes, a solemn time to remember the dead. Included are the works of Robert Burns, H. P. Lovecraft, William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, and many more.

Lesley Pratt Bannatyne is also the author of Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History ($14.95 pb) and A Halloween How-To: Costumes, Parties, Decorations, and Destinations ($17.95 pb).

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