Haunting and spectrality in neo-Victorian fiction
Subtitle: possessing the past
By: edited by Patricia Pulham and Rosario Arias.
Contributors: Pulham, Patricia, 1959-; Arias, Rosario, 1971-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230205574
Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Supernatural in literature; Ghost stories, English -- History and criticism; Ghosts in literature; Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism; Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
Description: "Examining works by writers including Michle Roberts, Michael Faber and A.S. Byatt, this collection highlights the pervasive presence of the Victorian past in neo-Victorian novels through the tropes of haunting and spectrality, parallelling a renewed interest in the impact of the supernatural and the occult on Victorian individuals"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ContentsNotes on contributorsPART I: HISTORIES AND HAUNTINGFiguring the Victorians: Sally Vicker's Angel; title: F.O'GormanSpectral Possessions: or, Some Reflections in the Glass; title: M.LlewellynPART II: SPECTRAL WOMENRepetition and Eternity: Spectral and Textual Continuity in Michle Roberts's In the Red Kitchen; title: A.Golda-DerejczykLiberating the Neo-Victorian Maid; title: E.SaxeyPART III: SENSING THE PAST'The Unprettified Truth': Neo-Victorian Odours in Michael Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White; title: S.ColellaHenry James: A Haunting; title: P.HidalgoPART IV: CITY GHOSTSHaunted Places, Haunted Spaces: The Spectral Return of Victorian London in Neo-Victorian Fiction; title: R.AriasThe Fine Art of Murder: [G]hosted Serial Killers in the Neo-Victorian City; title: P.PulhamIndex.