Haunted Houses, Haunted Bodies: Spectral Presence in Arlington Park

• Published in: E-rea : Revue d'etudes anglophones Vol. 10; no. 10.2
• Main Author: WROBEL, Claire
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Laboratoire d’Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone 20.06.2013; Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA)
• Subjects: feminine condition; gender; haunting; modernism; spectres; victorian literature; haunting; spectres; gender; modernisme; littérature victorienne; feminine condition; victorian literature; condition féminine; modernism; genre sexuel; hantise

Derrida suggests that spectres disrupt temporality, pointing to the future as well as to the past, denying the ability of the present to be present to itself. In a similar way, Jean-Jacques Lecercle shows that the present – if there is such a thing – is haunted by the possibilities of the future. It...