Sheridan Le Fanu

A fresh new reassessment of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-73), one of the bestselling Irish novelists of the mid-Victorian period, who is recognized today for his ghost stories and tales of psychological terror, including In a Glass Darkly and The Wyvern Mystery. “This excellent study…is far more than a revelation of Le Fanu, though this is incidentally provided in a discriminating and scholarly way…Dr. McCormack illuminates the more private and tortured universe of Le Fanu himself”. — Times Literary Supplement