Phantasmagoria and Other Poems |
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| Author:
| Carroll, Lewis |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7988-4705-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2019 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.99 |
Book Description:
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Phantasmagoria is a narrative discussion written in seven cantos between a ghost (a Phantom) and a man named Tibbets. Carroll portrays the ghost as not so different from human beings. They may gibber and jangle their chains, but they, like us, simply have a job to do and that job is to haunt. Just as in our society, in ghost society there is a hierarchy and ghosts (for there are different orders of ghosts, he tells the narrator) are answerable to the King who must be addressed as "Your...
More DescriptionPhantasmagoria is a narrative discussion written in seven cantos between a ghost (a Phantom) and a man named Tibbets. Carroll portrays the ghost as not so different from human beings. They may gibber and jangle their chains, but they, like us, simply have a job to do and that job is to haunt. Just as in our society, in ghost society there is a hierarchy and ghosts (for there are different orders of ghosts, he tells the narrator) are answerable to the King who must be addressed as "Your Royal Whiteness." (source: Wikipedia)