In a Glass Darkly (1872), J. Sheridan LeFanu
2009 ◽
Vol 195
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pp. 162-162
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Keyword(s):
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) is another literary Dubliner. Having studied law at Trinity College, he became a journalist and author, famous for both his sensationalist novels and his supernatural tales. For In a Glass Darkly Le Fanu used a technique common in gothic fiction by having a narrator/editor who presents past documents, in this instance of mysterious medical case histories from the papers of the nowdeceased Dr Hesselius. The latter is a European ‘metaphysical physician’ with Swedenborgian leanings who likes to investigate curious psychological phenomena. He considerably resembles the later Professor Van Helsing from Bram Stoker's Dracula.
2008 ◽
Vol 20
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pp. 51-63
2020 ◽
Vol 42
(2)
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pp. 233-251
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2007 ◽
Vol 62
(3)
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pp. 361-363