Sheridan Le Fanu and Victorian IrelandA fresh new reassessment of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-73), one of the bestselling Irish novelists of the mid-Victorian period, who is recognized today for his ghost stories and tales of psychological terror, including In a Glass Darkly and The Wyvern Mystery."This excellent study...is far more than a revelation of Le Fanu, though this is incidentally provided in a discriminating and scholarly way...Dr. McCormack illuminates the more private and tortured universe of Le Fanu himself". -- Times Literary Supplement |
Contents
A LOST COUNTRY | 37 |
FICTION AND POLITICS | 72 |
LOVE AND DEATH III | 111 |
Copyright | |
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