The Perturbed Self: Gender and History in Late Nineteenth-Century Ghost Stories in China and Britain

ISBN-13: 9781032036151 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 10 str.

Mengxing Fu

Opis

By comparison of the late nineteenth-century ghost stories between China and Britain, this monograph traces the entangled dynamics between ghost story writing, history-making and the molding of a gendered self.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. "Among Dark Woods and Black Fortresses": Xuan Ding’s Mythologisation of National History 3. "These Are What Westerners Refuse to Believe": Wang Tao’s Uncanny History 4. Two Ways to Conjure up a Ghost: Vernon Lee’s History versus Fiction 5. The Dead Woman Returning: E. Nesbit’s Female Gothic Myth

O autorze

Mengxing Fu is a lecturer at Shanghai International Studies University, China. Her research interests include nineteenth-century British literature, comparative literature, fantasy, and women’s writing. Her recent articles on ghost literature have appeared in Neohelicon, Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory, etc.