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 Wollstonecrafts Mary, A Fiction, Mary Shelleys Frankenstein, Emily Brontës Wuthering Heights, and Bram Stokers Dracula and The Jewel of Seven Stars.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2586 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Angel-Cann, Lauryn |
| Contributors | Vann, J. Don (Jerry Don), 1938-, Preston, Thomas R., Eubank, Lynn |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Use restricted to UNT Community, Copyright, Angel-Cann, Lauryn, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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