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12%OFFVernon Lee - Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales - 9781551115788 - V9781551115788
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Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales

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Description for Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales Paperback. This collection, which includes the four stories originally published in Hauntings and three others, enables readers to consider Lee's work anew for its subtle redefinitions of gender and sexuality during the Victorian fin-de-siecle. Editor(s): Maxwell, Catherine; Pulham, Patricia. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 351 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Vernon Lee writes in the Preface to Hauntings, My ghosts are what you call spurious ghosts... of whom I can affirm only one thing, that they haunted certain brains, and have haunted, among others, my own. First published in 1890, Lee's most famous volume of supernatural tales occupies a special place in the literature of the fantastic for its treatment of the femme fatale and the allure of the past, along with the themes of thwarted artistic creativity and psychological obsession. This collection, which includes the four stories originally published in Hauntings and three others, enables readers to ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Broadview Editions
Condition
New
Weight
390g
Number of Pages
351
Place of Publication
Peterborough, Canada
ISBN
9781551115788
SKU
V9781551115788
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About Vernon Lee
Catherine Maxwell is Reader in Victorian Literature at Queen Mary, University of London. Patricia Pulham is Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Portsmouth. They are the editors of Vernon Lee: Decadence, Ethics, Aesthetics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

Reviews for Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales
At last we have a modern edition of Vernon Lee's most important ghost stories! Maxwell and Pulham have made it possible to study and teach this key fin-de-siecle writer, whose work so deserves fresh attention. The impeccable annotations will add greatly to our understanding of Lee's many artistic and literary references. A fine set of additional readings document the rich ... Read more

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