The Late Victorian Gothic ─ Mental Science, the Uncanny, and Scenes of Writing

This volume on comparative Victorian Gothic literature explores the conflict between the rational and scientific sensibilities of the age with the development of spiritualist and occultist themes in popular culture and popular texts of the era. Considering works by Henry James, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sarah Grand and George Paston, the author explores topics such as advances in the "mental science," gender, modernism ,and identity in the Fin de Siecle. Grimes is an independent scholar based in Massachusetts. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Hilary Grimes is an independent scholar living in Massachusetts, USA.