The Perturbed Self

Gender and History in Late Nineteenth-Century Ghost Stories in China and Britain
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-03617-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 269 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Chinese Comparative Literature and Culture

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fu, Mengxing

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.