Stretched Out On Her Grave: The Evolution of a Perversion

The word "necrophilia" brings a particular definition readily to mind that of an act of sexual intercourse with a corpse, probably a female corpse at that. But the definition of the word did not always have this connotation; quite literally the word means "love of the dead," or "a morbid attraction to death." An examination of nineteenth-century literature reveals a gradual change in relationships between the living and the dead, culminating in the sexualized representation of corpses at the close of the century. The works examined for necrophilic content are: Mary Wollstonecraft's Mary, A Fiction, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, and Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Jewel of Seven Stars.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2000

Author dc:creator

• Angel-Cann, Lauryn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Vann, J. Don (Jerry Don), 1938-
• Preston, Thomas R.
• Eubank, Lynn

• Dead in literature.
• Necrophilia.
• Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797. Mary.
• Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
• Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights.
• Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 -- Criticism and interpretation.
• necrophilia
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Mary Shelley
• Emily Brontë
• Bram Stoker

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• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Angel-Cann, Lauryn
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

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