Sexuality and the Gothic Magic Lantern

This fascinating study explores the multifarious erotic themes associated with the magic lantern shows, which proved the dominant visual medium of the West for 350 years, and analyses how the shows influenced the portrayals of sexuality in major works of Gothic fiction.

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. Sex and the Ghost-Show: the Early Ghost Lanternists, Friedrich Schiller's Die Geisterseher /Ghost-seer , Matthew Lewis's The Monk and E-G Robertson ...