Victorian Gothic : Literary and Cultural Manifestations in the Nineteenth Century

To What Extent Did The Gothic Haunt The Nineteenth Century? Victorian Gothic Seeks To Answer This As It Introduces The Reader To A Timely Revision Of Notions Of The Gothic In All Its Manifestations. The Gothic Is Found To Haunt All Aspects Of Victorian Literature And Culture. Moreover, Victorian Gothic Connects Its Disparate Areas Of Research In Returning Repeatedly To The Question Of The Constitution Of The Subject, In A Study Of The Victorians From The 1830s To The 1890s. -- Publisher's Description Preface : 'i Could A Tale Unfold' Or, The Promise Of Gothic / Julian Wolfreys -- 'designing Gourmet Children Or, Kids For Dinner!' / James R. Kincaid -- Resurrecting The Regency : Horror And Eighteenth-century Comedy In Le Fanu's Fiction / Victor Sage -- 'i Wants To Make Your Flesh Creep' : Notes Toward A Reading Of The Comic-gothic In Dickens / Julian Wolfreys -- Hopkins And The Gothic Body / R.j.c. Watt -- From King Arthur To Sidonia The Sorceress : The Dual Nature Of Pre-raphaelite Mediaevalism / J.-a. George -- Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Literary Influence And Technologies Of The Uncanny / Alison Chapman -- The 'anxious Dream' : Julia Margaret Cameron's Gothic Perspective / Marion Wynne-davies -- Trance-gothic, 1882-97 / Roger Luckhurst -- 'withered, Wrinkled, And Loathsome Of Visage' : Reading The Ethics Of The Soul And The Late-victorian Gothic In The Picture Of Dorian Gray / Kenneth Womack -- Apparitions Can Be Deceptive : Vernon Lee's Androgynous Spectres / Ruth Robbins -- Gothic And Supernatural : Allegories At Work And Play In Kipling's Indian Fiction / Peter Morey -- Archaeology And Gothic Desire : Vitality Beyond The Grave In H. Rider Haggard's Ancient Egypt / Richard Pearson. Edited By Ruth Robbins And Julian Wolfreys. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 245-257) And Index. Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Notes on the Contributors 8 List of Illustrations 10 Preface: ‘I could a tale unfold’ or, the Promise of Gothic 12 1 ‘Designing Gourmet Children or, KIDS FOR DINNER!’ 22 2 Resurrecting the Regency: Horror and Eighteenth-Century Comedy in Le Fanu’s Fiction 33 3 ‘I wants to make your flesh creep’: Notes toward a Reading of the Comic-Gothic in Dickens 52 4 Hopkins and the Gothic Body 81 5 From King Arthur to Sidonia the Sorceress: the Dual Nature of Pre-Raphaelite Mediaevalism 111 6 Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Literary Influence and Technologies of the Uncanny 130 7 The ‘Anxious Dream’: Julia Margaret Cameron’s Gothic Perspective 150 8 Trance-Gothic, 1882–97 169 9 ‘Withered, Wrinkled, and Loathsome of Visage’: Reading the Ethics of the Soul and the Late-Victorian Gothic in The Picture of Dorian Gray 189 10 Apparitions Can Be Deceptive: Vernon Lee’s Androgynous Spectres 203 11 Gothic and Supernatural: Allegories at Work and Play in Kipling’s Indian Fiction 222 12 Archaeology and Gothic Desire: Vitality Beyond the Grave in H. Rider Haggard’s Ancient Egypt 239 Bibliography 266 Index 279 Front Matter....Pages i-xx ‘Designing Gourmet Children or, KIDS FOR DINNER!’....Pages 1-11 Resurrecting the Regency: Horror and Eighteenth-Century Comedy in Le Fanu’s Fiction....Pages 12-30 ‘I wants to make your flesh creep’: Notes toward a Reading of the Comic-Gothic in Dickens....Pages 31-59 Hopkins and the Gothic Body....Pages 60-89 From King Arthur to Sidonia the Sorceress: the Dual Nature of Pre-Raphaelite Mediaevalism....Pages 90-108 Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, Literary Influence and Technologies of the Uncanny....Pages 109-128 The ‘Anxious Dream’: Julia Margaret Cameron’s Gothic Perspective....Pages 129-147 Trance-Gothic, 1882–97....Pages 148-167 ‘Withered, Wrinkled, and Loathsome of Visage’: Reading the Ethics of the Soul and the Late-Victorian Gothic in The Picture of Dorian Gray....Pages 168-181 Apparitions Can Be Deceptive: Vernon Lee’s Androgynous Spectres....Pages 182-200 Gothic and Supernatural: Allegories at Work and Play in Kipling’s Indian Fiction....Pages 201-217 Archaeology and Gothic Desire: Vitality Beyond the Grave in H. Rider Haggard’s Ancient Egypt....Pages 218-244 Back Matter....Pages 245-260 To what extent did the Gothic haunt the nineteenth century? Victorian Gothic seeks to answer this question as it introduces the reader to a timely revision of notions of the Gothic in all its manifestations. The Gothic is found to haunt all aspects of Victorian literature and culture. Moreover, Victorian Gothic connects its disparate areas of research in returning repeatedly to the question of the constitution of the subject, in a study of the Victorians from the 1830s to the 1890s. We all know that the Victorians had dumped on them by their forebears a host of problems, none more vexing than 'the child'.