The haunted mind : the supernatural in Victorian literature / edited by Elton E. Smith, Robert Haas.

Other author Smith, Elton Edward, 1915-2008.
Other author Haas, Robert, 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Descriptionxiv, 139 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
English literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Supernatural in literature.
Psychological fiction, English--History and criticism.
Ghost stories, English--History and criticism.
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
Great Britain--History. --Victoria, 1837-1901.

Contents Introduction: Victorian literature and the shifting use of the supernatural / Elton E. Smith and Robert Haas -- Winged ghosts: Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the return to the mystical / Elton E. Smith -- A Christmas Carol: Giving nursery tales a higher form / Harry Stone -- The specter of the self in Franksenstein and Great Expectations / Kath Filmer -- Danger and compulsion in The Wind and the Willows, or Toad and Hyde together at last / Roger C. Scholbin -- Masquerade: liberties and female power in Le Fanu's Carmilla / Tammis Elise Thomas -- Dr. Jekyll's closet / Elaine Showalter --Kipling's key to the haunted chamber / E. M. G. Smith -- Caliban in a glass: autoscopic vision in The Picture of Dorian Gray / Nancy Jane Tyson -- Pedophiles amidst looming portentousness: Henry James's The Turn of the Screw / Elton E. Smith.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97044472
ISBN081083412X (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR468.S86 H38 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold