Sexuality and the Gothic Magic Lantern [electronic resource] : Desire, Eroticism and Literary Visibilities from Byron to Bram Stoker /
Jones, David J.author.
This fascinating study explores the multifarious erotic themes associated with the magic lantern shows, which proved the dominant visual medium of the West for 350 years, and analyses how the shows influenced the portrayals of sexuality in major works of Gothic fiction.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Sex and the Ghost Show: The Early Ghost Lanternists; 2 Byron: Incest, Voyeurism and the Phantasmagoria; 3 Brontë''s Villette: Desire and Lanternicity in the Domestic Gothic; 4 Le Fanu''s Carmilla: Lesbian Desire in the Lanternist Novella; 5 Lanternist Codes and Sexuality in Dracula and The Lady of the Shroud; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This fascinating study explores the multifarious erotic themes associated with the magic lantern shows, which proved the dominant visual medium of the West for 350 years, and analyses how the shows influenced the portrayals of sexuality in major works of Gothic fiction.
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