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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bauer, Gero
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2016]
Colección:Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Prelude: Bluebeard; Context: History, Houses, and Masculinities; Methods: Secrecy, Sexuality, and Liminal Spaces; Bluebeard's 'Closet:' Gothic Novels; Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto; Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho; William Godwin's Caleb Williams; The Contested Secret Room: Sensation Novels; Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White; Wilkie Collins' No Name; Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret; Globalising the 'Closet:' Henry James; Henry James' "The Aspern Papers"; Henry James' "In the Cage"; Henry James' "The Jolly Corner"; Coda.
  • Works CitedPrimary Literature; Secondary Literature.