Tento autor skúma bohatú tapisériu devätnásteho a dvadsiateho storočia, ponára sa do literárnych hnutí, ako je dekadencia a esteticizmus, a do žánrov, ako je neskoroviktorianska gotická fikcia a neoviktoriánsky román. Ich práca sa zaoberá queer štúdiami a dynamikou umenia a prechodového objektu v nadprirodzených poviedkach. S dôrazom na jedinečné hlasy v literatúre tento autor prispieva k akademickému diskurzu prostredníctvom publikácií a organizácie medzinárodných konferencií, ktoré oživujú viktoriánske a neoviktoriánske dedičstvo.
The collection presents critical essays on Vernon Lee, highlighting key works like Euphorion, Hauntings: Fantastic Stories, and Music and Its Lovers. Scholars explore Lee's intellectual contributions and aesthetic philosophy, while also illuminating her relationships with contemporaries such as Lee-Hamilton, Pater, and Wilde. This comprehensive analysis offers fresh insights into Lee's influence and the cultural context of her time.
By integrating psychoanalytic theory with socio-historical criticism, Patricia Pulham examines Vernon Lee's fantastic tales through the lens of D.W. Winnicott's 'transitional object' theory. She posits that the past in Lee's narratives represents both historical and psychic dimensions. The 'ghosts' in her supernatural fiction symbolize intricate meanings crucial to Lee's intellectual growth, enabling her to navigate alternative identities and express transgressive sexualities.
This book argues that, in Victorian literature, transgressive desires that cannot be openly acknowledged are often buried and encrypted in the marble bodies of statues.