Nineteenth-century Suspense from Poe to Conan Doyle (International Picture Library)

Edgar Allan Poe : Tales Of Dark Heat / David Punter -- Capitalising On Poe's Detective : The Dollars And Sense Of Nineteenth-century Detective Fiction / Clive Bloom -- Figuring Out The Signalman: Dickens And The Ghost Story / Gary Day -- Wilkie Collins In The 1860s : The Sensation Novel And Self-help / Nick Rance -- Sexual Politics And Political Repression In Brad Stoker's Dracula / Anne Cranny-francis -- The Vampire In The Looking-glass : Reflection And Projection In Bram Stoker's Dracula / Philip Martin -- Arthur Conan Doyle's The Parasite : The Case Of The Anguished Author / Anne Cranny-francis -- The Lost World : Conan Doyle And The Suspense Of Evolution / Howard Davies -- The House That Jack Built : Jack The Ripper, Legend, And The Power Of The Unknown / Clive Bloom. Edited By Clive Bloom ... [et Al.] Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Dark Heat....Pages 1-13 Capitalising on Poe’s Detective: the Dollars and Sense of Nineteenth-Century Detective Fiction....Pages 14-25 Figuring out the Signalman: Dickens and the Ghost Story....Pages 26-45 Wilkie Collins in the 1860s: the Sensation Novel and Self-Help....Pages 46-63 Sexual Politics and Political Repression in Bram Stoker’s Dracula....Pages 64-79 The Vampire in the Looking-Glass: Reflection and Projection in Bram Stoker’s Dracula....Pages 80-92 Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Parasite: the Case of the Anguished Author....Pages 93-106 The Lost World: Conan Doyle and the Suspense of Evolution....Pages 107-119 The House that Jack Built: Jack the Ripper, Legend and the Power of the Unknown....Pages 120-137 Back Matter....Pages 138-139