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The Perturbed Self Gender and History in Late Nineteenth-Century Ghost Stories in China and Britain
By Mengxing Fu
Copyright 2022
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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By comparison of late nineteenth-century ghost stories between China and Britain, this monograph traces the entangled dynamics between ghost story writing, history-making, and the moulding of a gendered self.
Associated with times of anxiety, groups under marginalisation, and tensions with orthodox narratives, ghost stories from two distinguished literary traditions are explored through the... Read more
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
Biography
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.
