Literature and fascination. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sibylle Baumbach, W-1 Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
• Authors: Baumbach, Sibylle
• Contents: 1. Literature and Fascination -- 2. The Power of Magic and the Fear of Contamination: Fascination in Early (Modern) Literature -- 3. Facing the Femme Fatale: The Poetics of Seduction and the Fascination with Storytelling -- 4. The Spark of Inspiration: Mesmerism, Electrifying Fiction, and Gothic Fascination -- 5. The Anxiety of Influence: Fascination with the Self and the Other -- 6. The Gorgon Gazes Back: Contemporary Fascination -- 7. The Journey Ahead: Medusamorphic Perspectives.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809/.93384; Literature; Literature -- Psychology; Mesmerism in literature; Emotions in literature; Memory in literature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Emotions in literature; Literature -- Psychology; Memory in literature; Mesmerism in literature; Faszination; Gefühl; Literatur; Rezeption; Rezeptionsästhetik; Literary Criticism -- Poetry; Literary Criticism -- Semiotics & Theory; Literary Criticism -- General; Philosophy -- General; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Literary theory; Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: from c 1900; Philosophy; Fiction; Poetry; Philosophy (General); Fiction -- General; Fiction & related items; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137538017; 1137538015
• Related ISBNs: 9781137538000; 1137538007
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.