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Victorian demons

medicine, masculinity, and the Gothic at the fin-de-siècle
Pages
191
Published
2004
Language
English

Synopsis

Victorian demons provides the first extensive exploration of largely middle-class masculinities in crisis at the fin de siecle. It analyses how ostensibly controlling models of masculinity became demonised in a variety of literary and medical contexts, revealing the period to be much more ideologically complex than has hitherto been understood, and makes a significant contribution to Gothic scholarship.

About the author

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Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith is a scholar specializing in the history of ghost stories and Gothic literature. He is best known for Gothic Radicalism, a study that connects the horror genre to political history. His writing provides a direct look at the evolution of dark themes in fiction.