Abstract
It is on this preoccupation with, and ensuing opposition between, modern technologies and “primitive sorcery” that this chapter will train its thinking. In particular, my argument will suggest that this fascination with the supernatural allows for a covert exploration of female friendship and desire in Somerville’s co-authored fiction with her longstanding writing partner and cousin, (Violet) Martin Ross.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Female Fantastic: Gendering the Supernatural in the 1890s and 1920s |
| Editors | Lizzie Harris McCormick, Jennifer Mitchell, Rebecca Soares |
| Place of Publication | U.S. |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 69-83 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351107792 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780815364023 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- spiritualism
- gothic fiction
- supernatural in literature
- Irish literature