The Haunted Hour
The Haunted Hour by Margaret Widdemer is an anthology of ghost poetry, originally published in 1920 and reissued by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in 2017. This edition spans 346 pages and is presented in English. The collection focuses on poems that explore the theme of spirits returning to earth, offering a curated selection rather than an exhaustive compilation of ghostly verse.
Readers will find a diverse range of poetic expressions that delve into the supernatural, reflecting on the intersection of life and the afterlife. Widdemer’s approach emphasizes poems that tell ghost stories, allowing for a unique exploration of literature and fiction through the lens of poetry. This anthology invites readers to engage with the haunting imagery and themes that characterize ghost poetry, making it a notable addition to the genre.
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The Haunted Hour is an anthology of ghost poetry, published in 1920.
From the Preface:
This does not attempt to be an inclusive anthology. The ghostly poetry of the late war alone would have made a book as large as this; and an inclusive scheme would have ended as a six-volume Encyclopedia of Ghostly Verse. I hope that this may be called for some day.
I have not considered as ghost-poems anything but poems which related to the return of spirits to earth…. If a poem would be a ghost-story, in short, I have considered it a ghost-poem, not otherwise.
Margaret Widdemer (1884 – 1978) was a poet, editor, and novelist. She won the Columbia University Prize (later known as the Pulitzer) in 1919 for her poetry collection, The Old Road to Paradise.
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