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Author:

Lutz, Deborah.

Title:

The dangerous lover : Gothic villains, Byronism, and the nineteenth-century seduction narrative / Deborah Lutz.

Publisher:

Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xii, 117 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Seduction in literature
Romance fiction, English--History and criticism.
Romance fiction, American--History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature)
Antiheroes in literature
Villains in literature
Romanticism
Byron, George Gordon Byron,--Baron,--1788-1824--Influence.

Notes:

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

Contents:

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 Bront©±s (1811-1847) -- The absurdity of the sublime : the Regency dandy and the malevolent seducer (1825-1897).

ISBN:

9780814291115
0814291112 (cd-rom)
9780814210345
0814210341 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63187398

LCCN:

2006001265

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)