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Filtering by: Creator Ganskopp, David C. (David Conrad) Advisor Davison, Neil Degree Name Master of Arts (M.A.) Rights Statement In Copyright

"Born of ourselves" : gendered doubling and the femme fatale in Vernon Lee's ghost stories

Creator:

Delf, Liz

Abstract:

This thesis examines the characterization of the femme fatale and the implications of this trope for late-Victorian gender and sexuality in the ghost stories of female aesthete Vernon Lee. In her treatment of the femme fatale figure, Lee both reinforces and complicates the image of the sexualized, often bestialized woman...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis