From “Dismal” to “Liminal:” An Intro to Lafcadio Hearn & His Ghost Stories

I close out October with a brief summary of the life of Greek/Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904). I examine ways in which his rather unique life may have influenced the ghost stories he is perhaps best known for, and read one of his stories (“The Corpse-Rider”). ***** References Codrescu, Andrei. “The Many Lives of Lafcadio Hearn.” https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/02/the-many-lives-of-lafcadio-hearn/ Dee, Jonathan. “Why Lafcadio Hearn’s Ghost Stories Still Haunt Us.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/16/why-lafcadio-hearns-ghost-stories-still-haunt-us Hearn, Lafcadio. “At Yaidzu.” In Ghostly Japan. Public Domain eBook. Hearn, Lafcadio. “The Corpse-Rider.” Shadowings. Public Domain eBook. Jusdanis, Gregory. “Lafcadio Hearn: Global Before Globalization.” https://shc.stanford.edu/arcade/interventions/lafcadio-hearn-global-globalization Wikipedia. “Edo period.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period Wikipedia. “Lafcadio Hearn.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn Wikipedia. “Meiji era.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_era ***** Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/victorianvarie1 Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thevictorianvarietyshow I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate & review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Goodpods, Spotify, Podchaser, Audible, or wherever you listen, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners!