Haunting and spectrality in neo-Victorian fiction: possessing the past

Exploring the pervasive presence of the Victorian past in contemporary culture, these essays use the trope of haunting and spectrality as a critical tool with which to consider neo-Victorian works, as well as our ongoing fascination with the Victorians, combining original readings of well-known novels with engaging analyses of lesser-known works. INDICE: Notes on Contributors - Introduction; R.Arias ; P.Pulham - PART I:HISTORIES AND HAUNTINGS - Salley Vickers, Venice, and the Victorians; F.O'Gorman - Spectrality, S(p)ecularity and Textuality: Or, Some Reflections in the Glass; M.Llewellyn - PART II: SPECTRAL WOMEN - Repetition and Eternity: Spectral and Textual Continuity in Michèle Roberts' In the Red Kitchen ; A.Golda-Derejczyk - The Maid, the Master, his Ghost and her Monster: Alias Grace and Mary Reilly ; E.Saxey - PART III: SENSING THE PAST - Olfactory Ghosts: Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White ; S.Colella - The Haunting of Henry James: Jealous Ghosts, Affinities, and The Others; A.Heilmann - PART IV: GHOSTS IN THE CITY - Haunted Places, Haunted Spaces: The Spectral Return of Victorian London in Neo-Victorian Fiction; R.Arias - Mapping Histories: The Golem and the Serial Killer in White Chappell , Scarlet Tracings and Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem ; P.Pulham - Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-20557-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 27/11/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés