Este autor se sumerge en el rico tapiz de la literatura, el arte y la cultura de los siglos XIX y XX, con una fascinación particular por la escritura decadente y el esteticismo. Sus investigaciones académicas exploran los estudios queer y la intrincada relación entre el arte y el objeto de transición dentro de los cuentos sobrenaturales. Comprometido con la iluminación del patrimonio literario, este escritor contribuye al discurso académico a través de publicaciones impactantes y la organización de conferencias internacionales que dan nueva vida a las narrativas victorianas y neovictorianas.
The collection presents critical essays on Vernon Lee, highlighting key works like Euphorion, Hauntings: Fantastic Stories, and Music and Its Lovers. Scholars explore Lee's intellectual contributions and aesthetic philosophy, while also illuminating her relationships with contemporaries such as Lee-Hamilton, Pater, and Wilde. This comprehensive analysis offers fresh insights into Lee's influence and the cultural context of her time.
By integrating psychoanalytic theory with socio-historical criticism, Patricia Pulham examines Vernon Lee's fantastic tales through the lens of D.W. Winnicott's 'transitional object' theory. She posits that the past in Lee's narratives represents both historical and psychic dimensions. The 'ghosts' in her supernatural fiction symbolize intricate meanings crucial to Lee's intellectual growth, enabling her to navigate alternative identities and express transgressive sexualities.
This book argues that, in Victorian literature, transgressive desires that cannot be openly acknowledged are often buried and encrypted in the marble bodies of statues.