: This paper by Victoria Bladen explores how the pastoral mode acts as a lens for loss and mystery in natural spaces, specifically looking at the "haunted" Victorian landscape.
: This thesis from Montana State University examines why the "civilizing" pastoral narrative of the American West is an exceptionally haunted narrative, resisting but ultimately containing the ghosts of colonialism. 3. Practical "Paper" (Sims 4 Content) Pastoral Haunting REDUX
: A review and analysis on Strange Horizons that argues Jeff VanderMeer’s work reconfigures the pastoral for a new century—treating nature as something brilliantly spooky and uncanny rather than just idyllic. 2. Theoretical Frameworks : This paper by Victoria Bladen explores how