| Description |
xiv, 139 pages ; 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 -- A Christmas Carol: Giving nursery tales a higher form / Harry Stone -- The specter of the self in Franksenstein and Great Expectations / Kath Filmer -- Danger and compulsion in The Wind and the Willows, or Toad and Hyde together at last / Roger C. Scholbin -- Masquerade: |
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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 alkaline paper |
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