Death becomes her : cultural narratives of femininity and death in nineteenth-century America /

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Dead and dying women are surely an age-old narrative trope. While associations of femininity with death have become almost prototypical in literary criticism and are familiar fodder for cultural conversations, the editors of Death Becomes Her offer us an opportunity to investigate the values that un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dill, Elizabeth, Weinstein, Sheri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.
Temas:
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Death in literature.
Women in literature.
Women > United States > Death > History > 19th century.
Women > Death > Social aspects > United States.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Mort dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes > États-Unis > Mort > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes > Mort > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Death in literature
Women > Death
Women in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SCOOPING UP THE DUST; DYING TO BE HEARD; THE DEAD WOMAN IN THE WALLPAPER; THE REINCARNATION OF THE SENTIMENTAL WOMAN IN HARRIET BEECHER STOWE'S PINK AND WHITE TYRANNY; CHARLOTTE TEMPLE, AN AUTOPSY; FAIRY TALES AND PROSTITUTES; QUEER SPECTERS OF ROSE TERRY COOKE AND ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD; THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SO WELL; CONTRIBUTORS; NOTES; INDEX.

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