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Hauntings and other fantastic tales

This collection, which includes the four stories originally published in Hauntings and three others, enables readers to consider Lee's work anew for its subtle redefinitions of gender and sexuality during the Victorian fin-de-siècle.
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Broadview Press, Peterborough, Ont., ©2006
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AcknowledgementsIntroductionVernon Lee: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextsPreface to Hauntings (1890)“Amour Dure” (1887, 1890)“Dionea” (1890)“Oke of Okehurst” (1886, 1890)“A Wicked Voice” (1887, 1890)“Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady” (1896)“A Wedding Chest” (1904)Preface to “The Virgin of the Seven Daggers” (1927)“The Virgin of the Seven Daggers” (1896, 1909, 1927)Appendix A: From Algernon Charles Swinburne, “Notes on Designs of the Old Masters at Florence” (1868, 1875)Appendix B: From Walter Pater, “Pico della Mirandula” (1871, 1873)Appendix C: From Walter Pater, “Lionardo da Vinci” (1869, 1873)Appendix D:Vernon Lee, “Faustus and Helena: Notes on the Supernatural in Art” (1880, 1881) Appendix E: A. Mary F. Robinson, “Before a Bust of Venus” (1881)Appendix F: Eugene Lee-Hamilton, “The Mandolin” (1882)Appendix G: A. Mary F. Robinson, “The Ladies of Milan” (1889)Appendix H: Eugene Lee-Hamilton, “On a Surf-Rolled Torso of Venus” (1884, 1894)Appendix I: Vernon Lee, “Out of Venice at Last” (1925)Bibliography