Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Postfeminist and Euro-American Gothic: Shadow Dance (1966) 'Realities'. Illusions and Delusions: Several Perceptions (1968) and Love (1970) Pain and Exclusion: The Magic Toyshop (1967) Symbolic Order and Transgression: Heroes and Villains (1969) and The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (1972) Sexual Fictions: The Passion of New Eve (1977) and The Sadeian Woman (1979) Spectal, Circus and Fellini: Nights at the Circus (1984) Illegitimate Power and Theatre: Wise Children (1991) The Body, Illness, Ageing and Disruption: An Overview Afterword Select Bibliography Index.

About the Author

LINDEN PEACH is Professor of English at Edge Hill University, UK, and an Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University, UK. His previous publications include books on Toni Morrison, Virginia Woolf, Crime Fiction, and contemporary Irish and Welsh fiction.