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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524695303321

Autore

Lutz Deborah

Titolo

The Dangerous Lover : Gothic Villains, Byronism, and the Nineteenth-Century Seduction Narrative / / Deborah Lutz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

0-8142-1034-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 117 p.)

Disciplina

823/.809352

Soggetti

Romanticism

Villains in literature

Antiheroes in literature

Gothic revival (Literature)

Romance fiction, American - History and criticism

Romance fiction, English - History and criticism

Seduction in literature

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The erotics of ontology : the mass-market erotic historical romance and Heideggerian failed presence (1921-2003) -- The spectral other and erotic melancholy : the Gothic demon lover and the early seduction narrative rake (1532-1822) -- Love as homesickness : longing for a transcendental home in Byron and the Brontës (1811-1847) -- The absurdity of the sublime : the Regency dandy and the malevolent seducer (1825-1897).