This collection of essays examines the links between the images of
death and sexuality in Victorian fiction and poetry. The
contributors examine the ways in which fear of death was placed
beside sexual desire and how Victorian writers managed to write
about sex without overtly referring to it.;The essays include an
examination of Count Dracula's eternal seductions, an exploration
of the pairing of Eros and Thanatos in George Eliot's fiction and
an exploration of the work of Ruskin. Some of the essays attempt to
"undo" much of the preceding critical wisdom on the subject. The
dialectics of sex and death, these critics claim, must be viewed as
one of the most influential patterns in Victorian poetry and
prose.;Regina Barreca has written "Punch Lines: Women, Comedy and
Subversion in English and American Literature" and is editor of
"Last Laughs: Perspectives on Women and Comedy".
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