The Victorian fantasists : essays on culture, society, and belief in the mythopoeic fiction of the Victorian Age / edited by Kath Filmer ; foreword by David Jasper.
| Other author | Filmer-Davies, Kath, 1943- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991. |
| Description | xviii, 221 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Count Dracula and the Martians / R.J. Dingley -- Heroine as hero : Morris's case against quest-romance / Norman Talbot -- The education of desire : utopian fiction and feminist fantasy / Anne Cranny Francis -- The realism of magic in the fantasy tradition of William Morris / Ken Goodwin -- Toward a rhetoric of nineteenth-century fantasy criticism / Bruce L. Edwards Jr. -- George MacDonald and the poetics of realism / Stephen Prickett -- La belle dame sans merci : cultural criticism and mythopoetic vision in Lilith / Kath Filmer -- Silent house : MacDonald, Bronte, and silence within the soul / Adelheid Kegler -- Christina Rossetti and the gender politics of fantasy / Barbara Garlick -- Dream allegory in Charles Kingsley and Olive Schreiner / Roslynn D. Haynes -- The spectre of the self in Frankenstein and Great expectations / Kath Filmer -- Happy endings in Hard times and Granny's wonderful chair / Alice Mills -- Richard Jefferies' vision of London / John Strugnell -- Domesticating the supernatural : magic in E. Nesbit's children's books / Elmar Schenkel. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 90042642 |
| ISBN | 0312053134 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR468.F35 V5 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |