Sheridan Le Fanu and Victorian Ireland - W.J. McCormack - 1980 OUP Hardback

Sheridan Le Fanu and Victorian Ireland by W. J. McCormack, published by Oxford University Press in 1980.

A fascinating literary and historical study of one of Ireland's most influential Gothic writers, best known for Uncle Silas and Carmilla.

Explores how Le Fanu's supernatural fiction was shaped by the religious tensions, politics and society of nineteenth-century Ireland, drawing on letters, diaries and unpublished manuscripts.

An interesting book for readers and collectors of Irish literature, Victorian history, Gothic fiction and literary criticism.

Original 1980 Oxford University Press hardback edition with dust jacket.

Good vintage condition, with some discolouration and wear to the dust jacket and noticeable foxing to the page edges. Interior pages present well.

Collection available in Gorey, Co. Wexford, or postage anywhere in Ireland at the buyer's expense.