Mengxing Fu

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Gender and History in Late Nineteenth-Century Ghost Stories in China and Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000431315
• Artikelnr.: 62203116

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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