In a glass darkly
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-18732009
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These five stories are told by Dr Hesselius, a 'metaphysical' doctor, the forerunner of the modern psychiatrist, who is willing to consider ghosts both as real and as hallucinatory obsessions. Le Fanu drew on the Gothic tradition, Irish folklore and on contemporary social and political anxieties.
Main title:
In a glass darkly / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2009.
Collation:
390 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780571255832 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.8HOR
Language:
English
BRN:
199813