The New Woman Gothic : reconfigurations of distress /

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"Drawing from and reworking Gothic conventions, the New Woman version is marshaled during a tumultuous cultural moment of gender anxiety either to defend or revile the complex character. The controversial and compelling figure of the New Woman in fin de siècle British fiction has garnered exte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murphy, Patricia, 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2016]
Temas:
1800-1899
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
English fiction
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English
Women and literature
Women in literature
Englisch
Gothic novel
Prostituierte > Motiv
Frau > Motiv
Unabhängigkeit > Motiv
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : origins before departures
  • Part I : The blurred boundary. Public faces, public spaces
  • The oldest profession and the newest professionals
  • Sexuality: beyond a double bind
  • Part II : Reimagined conventions. London as sexualized labyrinth
  • Buried alive in the fin de siècle
  • Entrapment within the "institution" of marriage
  • The body as ruin
  • Part III : Villainous characters. The bad husband
  • The mother as agent
  • Exceeding alterity
  • Conclusion : looking back and looking forward.

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