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Sheridan le Fanu:in A Glass Darkly

Two of Le Fanu's autobiographical details that are important to mention for the purposes of this essay are the untimely death of his wife Susanna Le Fanu in 1856 and Sheridan Le Fanu's own death several years later in 1873, only months after the original publication of "In a Glass darkly". The two works that Le Fanu has become best known for are "Green Tea" and "Carmilla" both short stories published under the collection "In a Glass Darkly". Due to word count restraints I will only be able to examine these two tales in depth.
             "Green Tea" was originally published in a serialized form in the journal "All the Year Round" which at the time of publication in 1869 was being edited by Charles Dickens. The one character that ties all the stories within "In a Glass Darkly" together is the fictitious "German Physician" Dr Martin Hesselius, whose "voluminous notes of cases which he made during a tour of England " Comprise the stories within "In a Glass Darkly". Dr Hesselius is a unique an important and character within the stories and within the tradition of Victorian Supernatural tales as well. While he is a distinct man of science and the rationality of thinking that comes with the discipline, he also proves to be sympathetic towards some more spiritual or supernatural explanations of certain medical phenomenon. Dr Hesselius serves as the narrator of "Green Tea" relating the story of his introduction and eventual friendship to the Revered Mr. Jennings. The two bond over a shared love of the writings of Emanual Swdenborg's, "Arcana Celestia" of which the Doctor delightfully discovers the reverend owns a complete first edition set in the original Latin. Le Fanu himself was known to collect books on occult topics, "Arcana Celstia" is said to have contained among other things lengthy descriptions of visions in which Swdenborg conversed with Angels whom told him the true meaning of the scriptures.


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