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- Title
'IMMUNDUS HABITATOR' OR EVIL INHABITANTS IN JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU'S GHOST STORIES.
- Authors
Brakovska, Jeļena
- Abstract
Ghost stories within the genre of Gothic fiction were something at which the Victorians excelled. Characters which appear in the collection 'Best Ghost Stories' written by the 19th century Anglo-Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu cover the spectrum of ghost images and their interaction with humans. Animal ghosts are one of the main elements in these stories, which range from 1837 to 1872; that is why the author's technique and purposes have changed over the years. As a real representative of Victorian epoch, the writer uses a wide spectrum of Irish folklore motifs as well as modern scientific views in order to single out the essence of these creatures. On the one hand, animal ghosts are traditional tools of retribution for those who have committed the crime; on the other, the author tries to explain their appearance by means of the latest contemporary achievements in medicine and psychology. Such ambiguity in Le Fanu's narration leads to parallel decisions and serves as the basis of the reader's specific associations.
- Subjects
LE Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873; GOTHIC fiction (Literary genre); IRISH folklore
- Publication
Comparative Studies (1691-5038), 2012, Vol 4, Issue 1, p87
- ISSN
1691-5038
- Publication type
Article