Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-110) and index.
Contents
The erotics of ontology : the mass-market erotic historical romance and Heideggerian failed presence (1921-2003) -- The spectral other and erotic melancholy : the Gothic demon lover and the early seduction narrative rake (1532-1822) -- Love as homesickness : longing for a transcendental home in Byron and the Brontës (1811-1847) -- The absurdity of the sublime : the Regency dandy and the malevolent seducer (1825-1897).