Monstrous Textualities : Writing the Other in Gothic Narratives of Resistance.

Monster texts like Frankenstein reflect monstrosity in their narrative structure to create narratives of resistance against systemic cultural oppression. This book uses different critical theories to trace these narrative patterns in novels by Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heise-von der Lippe, Anya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2021.
Colección:Gothic literary studies.
Temas:
Morrison, Toni > Criticism and interpretation.
Carter, Angela, > 1940-1992 > Criticism and interpretation.
Atwood, Margaret, > 1939- > Criticism and interpretation.
Jackson, Shelley > Criticism and interpretation.
Atwood, Margaret, > 1939-
Carter, Angela, > 1940-1992
Jackson, Shelley
Morrison, Toni
1900-1999
Narration (Rhetoric)
Gothic fiction (Literary genre) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Narration.
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Teratologies
  • Troubling Genealogies: Monstrous Textuality and Narratives of Resistance in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  • Part I: What Moves at the Margin
  • Introduction
  • 1 Hauntologies
  • 2 Haunted Narratives
  • 3 Monstrous Narratives
  • Conclusion
  • Part II: A Female Monster Larger Than Life
  • Introduction
  • 4 Reframing Narratives
  • 5 Corporeal Discourses
  • 6 'A Female Monster Larger than Life': Fatness and Resistance
  • Conclusion
  • Part III: Hideous Progeny
  • Introduction
  • 7 Posthuman Reading Practices
  • 8 Posthuman Writing Practices
  • 9 Posthuman Bodies in/as Narrative
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion: 'The Promises of Monsters'
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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