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Houses, secrets, and the closet : locating masculinities from the Gothic novel to Henry James /
"Houses, Secrets, and the Closet" investigates the literary production of masculinities and their relation to secrets and sexualities in 18th and 19th century fiction. It focusses on close readings of Gothic fiction, Sensation Novels, and tales by Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, William God...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
Transcript,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Houses, Secrets, and the Closet" investigates the literary production of masculinities and their relation to secrets and sexualities in 18th and 19th century fiction. It focusses on close readings of Gothic fiction, Sensation Novels, and tales by Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Wilkie Collins, and Henry James. The study approaches these texts through the lens of domestic space, gender, knowledge, and power. This approach serves to investigate the cultural roots of the 'closet' - the male homosexual secret - which reveals a more general notion of male sec |
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| Notas: | Revised thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Tübingen, 2014. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783839434680 3839434688 383763468X 9783837634686 |
| Acceso: | Open Access |