Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

About this book

This book considers the fiction of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–73) in its original material and cultural contexts of the early-to-mid Victorian period in Ireland. Le Fanu's longstanding relationship with the Dublin University Magazine, a popular literary and political journal, is crucial in the examination of his work; likewise, his fiction is considered as part of a wider surge of supernatural, historical and antiquarian activity by Irish Protestants in the period following the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland (1801). This study discusses in detail Le Fanu's habit of writing and re-writing stories – a practice that has engendered much confusion and consternation – while posthumous collections of his work are compared with original publications to demonstrate the importance of these material and cultural contexts. In new critical readings of aspects of Le Fanu's best-known fiction, light is cast on some of his overlooked work through recontextualisation.

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Yes, you can access Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu by Aoife Mary Dempsey in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & English Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
University of Wales Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781786838278
eBook ISBN
9781786838292
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
English Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction: Irish Protestant Gothic and J. S. Le Fanu
  7. Chapter 1: Material Culture, Serialisation and Lateral Reading: Le Fanu’s Short Stories in Context
  8. Chapter 2: Immaterial Spaces: Le Fanu’s Unhomely Houses
  9. Chapter 3: Fictional Networks: Le Fanu’s Literary Legacy
  10. Chapter 4: Le Fanu and the Pitfalls of Posthumous Collections
  11. Closing the Book on The Invisible Prince
  12. Appendix
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Back Cover