Wilkie Collins, medicine, and the gothic / Laurence Talairach-Vielmas.
| Author/creator | Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2009. |
| Description | x, 248 pages. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Gothic literary studies Gothic literary studies. ^A1011088 |
| Contents | 'Sensation is [his] Frankenstein': Monomaniac obsessions in Basil, 'Mad Monkton' and The woman in white --The substance and the shadow: Invisibility and immateriality in Armadale -- 'My grave is waiting for me there': Physiological prisons in The Moonstone -- Transformation, epilepsy and late Victorian anxieties in Poor Miss Finch -- The shadows of the past: Digging out hidden memory in The Haunted Hotel -- Mad scientists: Jezebel's daughter and Heart and science -- The quest for knowledge in 'I say no' -- Born to kill: the Haunting Taint in The Legacy of Cain. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-242) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780708322239 |
| ISBN | 0708322239 |
| ISBN | 9780708322826 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0708322824 (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR4498.M4 T35 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |