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9780810834125

The Haunted Mind The Supernatural in Victorian Literature

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  • ISBN13:

    9780810834125

  • ISBN10:

    081083412X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-06-10
  • Publisher: Scarecrow Press
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Summary

This collection of original essays is the first comprehensive, critical treatment of the influence of the supernatural on the literature of the Victorian period.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Victorian Literature and the Shifting Use of the Supernatural
Winged Ghosts: Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the Return to the Mysticalp. 1
A Christmas Carol: Giving Nursery Tales a Higher Formp. 11
The Specter of the Self in Frankenstein and Great Expectationsp. 19
Danger and Compulsion in The Wind in the Willows, or Toad and Hyde Together at Lastp. 31
Masquerade Liberties and Female Power in Le Fanu's Carmillap. 39
Dr. Jekyll's Closetp. 67
Kipling's Key to the Haunted Chamberp. 89
Caliban in a Glass: Autoscopic Vision in The Picture of Dorian Grayp. 101
Pedophiles amidst Looming Portentousness: Henry James's The Turn of the Screwp. 123
Indexp. 131
About the Contributorsp. 137
About the Editorsp. 139
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