| Description |
xiv, 139 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Victorian literature and the shifting use of the supernatural / Elton E. Smith and Robert Haas -- Winged ghosts : Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the return to the mystical / Elton E. Smith -- Christmas carol : giving nursery tales a higher form / Harry Stone -- Specter of the self in Franksenstein and Great Expectations / Kath Filmer -- Danger and compulsion in The wind in the willows, or Toad and Hyde together at last / Roger C. Schlobin -- Masquerade liberties and female power in Le Fanu's Carmilla / Tammis Elise Thomas -- Dr. Jekyll's closet / Elaine Showalter -- Kipling's key to the haunted chamber / E. M. G. Smith -- Caliban in a glass : autoscopic vision in The picture of Dorian Gray / Nancy Jane Tyson -- Pedophiles amidst looming portentousness : Henry James's The turn of the screw / Elton E. Smith. |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Supernatural in literature.
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Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Ghost stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Elton Edward, 1915-2008.
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Haas, Robert, 1961-
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| ISBN |
081083412X (alk. paper) |
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