Academia, Avocation and Lucidity in the Supernatural Fiction of M.R. James
In his ‘antiquarian’ ghost stories, Montague Rhodes James sought to examine the male character 'sub specie ludi', as solitary types who – in their sensitivity to inherently playful, or ludic, situations – are launched into a transformative game in which their identity is traumatically and...
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Language: | English |
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University of Western Australia
2007-05-01
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Series: | Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies |
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Online Access: | https://www.archive.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au/__data/page/186591/McCorristine.pdf |