Title: Haunting and spectrality in neo-Victorian fiction
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.
Subjects: History, English literature, Supernatural in literature, English Ghost stories, English Psychological fiction, Ghosts in literature, History and criticism, English fiction, history and criticism, 19th century
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 19th century, Victoria, 1837-1901