The Beetle (Broadview Editions) - Softcover

Marsh, Richard; Wolfreys, Julian

 
9781551114439: The Beetle (Broadview Editions)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1551114437 ISBN 13: 9781551114439
Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

The Beetle (1897) tells the story of a fantastical creature, “born of neither god nor man,” with supernatural and hypnotic powers, who stalks British politician Paul Lessingham through fin de siècle London in search of vengeance for the defilement of a sacred tomb in Egypt. In imitation of various popular fiction genres of the late nineteenth century, Marsh unfolds a tale of terror, late imperial fears, and the “return of the repressed,” through which the crisis of late imperial Englishness is revealed.

This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a rich selection of historical documents that situate the novel within the contexts of fin de siècle London, England’s interest and involvement in Egypt, the emergence of the New Woman, and contemporary theories of mesmerism and animal magnetism.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Julian Wolfreys is a Professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainsville.

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The Beetle (1897) tells the story of a fantastical creature, "born of neither god nor man," with supernatural and hypnotic powers, who stalks British politician Paul Lessingham through fin de siècle London in search of vengeance for the defilement of a sacred tomb in Egypt. In imitation of various popular fiction genres of the late nineteenth century, Marsh unfolds a tale of terror, late imperial fears, and the "return of the repressed," through which the crisis of late imperial Englishness is revealed.

This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a rich selection of historical documents that situate the novel within the contexts of fin de siècle London, England's interest and involvement in Egypt, the emergence of the New Woman, and contemporary theories of mesmerism and animal magnetism.

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Verlag
Broadview Press Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1551114437
ISBN 13 
9781551114439
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Anzahl der Seiten
364
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