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Literature and Fascination

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  • © 2015

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  1. Sibylle Baumbach
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-10

  3. Literature and Fascination

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    Pages 11-70

  4. The Power of Magic and the Fear of Contamination: Fascination in Early (Modern) Literature

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    Pages 71-113

  5. Facing the Femme Fatale: The Poetics of Seduction and the Fascination with Storytelling

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    Pages 114-146

  6. The Spark of Inspiration: Mesmerism, Electrifying Fiction and Gothic Fascination

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    Pages 147-189

  7. The Anxiety of Influence: Fascination with the Self and the Other

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    Pages 190-218

  8. The Gorgon Gazes Back: Contemporary Fascination

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    Pages 219-251

  9. Conclusion: The Journey Ahead

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    Pages 252-254

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 255-318
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Exploring literary fascination as a key concept of aesthetic attraction, this book illuminates the ways in which literary texts are designed, presented, and received. Detailed case studies include texts by William Shakespeare, S.T. Coleridge, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, Joseph Conrad, Don DeLillo, and Ian McEwan.

About the author

Sibylle Baumbach (PhD, LMU Munich; MA, UC Santa Barbara) is Full Professor of English Literature and Culture at the University of Innsbruck. Previously she taught at the universities of Mainz, Warwick, Giessen, and Stanford. She is the author of Shakespeare and the Art of Physiognomy (2008) and editor of Regions of Culture – Regions of Identity (2010).

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