Perils of the night : a feminist study of nineteenth-century Gothic /

DeLamotte's book begins from the premise that the major conventions of the Gothic romance involve boundaries or barriers, which the Gothicist uses to play simultaneously on the fear of separateness and the fear of unity with some alien Other. She explores this question in the works of English a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeLamotte, Eugenia C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Temas:
Brontë, Charlotte, > 1816-1855 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brontë, Charlotte, > 1816-1855.
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature)
Feminism and literature > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > History > 19th century.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Horror tales > History and criticism.
Feminism
Women and literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature frénétique.
Femmes et littérature > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Récits d'horreur > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American fiction.
English fiction.
Feminism and literature.
Horror tales.
English fiction > Gothic novels
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Boundaries of the self as a Gothic theme: Introduction: The genre, the canon, and the myth ; 1. Self-defense in the Gothic tradition : Radcliffe, Brockden Brown, Henry James ; 2. The mystery of knowledge : Frankenstein, Melmoth, Pierre ; 3. "Deadly iteration" : Hawthorne's Gothic vision ; 4. Boundaries of the self as romantic theme : Emily Brontë
  • II. Boundaries of the self in women's Gothic: 5. Speaking "I" and the Gothic nightmare : boundaries of the self as a woman's theme; 6. Gothic romance and women's reality in Jane Eyre ; 7. Villette : demystifying women's Gothic.

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