Bücher von Elizabeth Tucker

Why do so many American college students tell stories about encounters with ghosts? In Haunted Halls, the first book-length interpretive study of college ghostlore, Elizabeth Tucker takes the reader back to school to get acquainted with a wide range of college spirits.

Included are chapters on the definition and classification of children's folklore, the presence of children's folklore in literature and popular culture, and the scholarly interpretation of children's folklore.

Providing an introduction to campus legends, this book explores rumors, pranks, rituals, and other related folklore types. It begins with an overview of college and university folklore. It presents some 50 examples of college and university legends, including ghost stories, urban legends, drinking tales, murders and suicides, and others.