Renée Fox, author and scholar of Victorian British and Irish literature, discusses the themes of reanimation in literature, the role of electricity as a metaphor, and the presence of women in narratives of reanimation. The podcast delves into connections between Victorian literature and the Irish literary revival, exploring colonial power dynamics, resuscitative power of language, and aesthetic idealism. Additionally, the podcast explores two novels that examine literary form as revivalist recontextualization and themes of national revival and anti-colonial resistance in Bram Stoker's 'The Jewel of Seven Stars'.
