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Beschreibung
As seen in fiction, newspaper accounts, and magic shows, the presence of ghosts pervaded the Victorian period. This book examines supernatural encounters in a wide range of Victorian writers including Dickens and Kipling. Cadwallader argues that these fictional spirits reflect how Victorians were adapting to rapid scientific and religious changes.
As seen in fiction, newspaper accounts, and magic shows, the presence of ghosts pervaded the Victorian period. This book examines supernatural encounters in a wide range of Victorian writers including Dickens and Kipling. Cadwallader argues that these fictional spirits reflect how Victorians were adapting to rapid scientific and religious changes.
Über den Autor

Jen Cadwallader is Associate Professor of English at Randolph-Macon College, USA.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Framing the Ghost Story
1. Physiology, Pharmacology, and the Ghost Stories of J. S. Le Fanu
2. Dickens's Ghosts and the Christmas Spirit
3. The Anatomy of Desire: Madness, Mesmerism, and the Specters of Female Sexuality
4. Mourning the Dead and the Rise of the New Faith
Coda: Cecilia De Noël a nd the Triumph of Experience

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika, Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xi
209 S.
ISBN-13: 9781137559920
ISBN-10: 1137559926
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Cadwallader, J.
Auflage: 1st edition 2016
Hersteller: Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan US
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 222 x 145 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: J. Cadwallader
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.01.2016
Gewicht: 0,421 kg
Artikel-ID: 104290713