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UNINA9910484592903321 |
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Autore |
Schaub Melissa |
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Titolo |
Performativity in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Shorter Fiction : A Case Study in the Uses of Theory / / by Melissa Schaub |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019 |
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[1st ed. 2019.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (84 pages) |
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Literature, Modern—19th century |
Sociology |
Culture |
Gender |
Literature—Philosophy |
Nineteenth-Century Literature |
Gender Studies |
Culture and Gender |
Literary Theory |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction: The Paradox of Subjectivity and the Naturalization of Theory -- 2. Strict Performativity and the Limits of Resignification in Stories and Novels -- 3. Turning the Glacier: Modernity and Complex Identity in the Novellas -- 4. Conclusion: Principles for the Uses of Theory. |
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'This short and accessible study will appeal to all students of Victorian literature seeking to integrate the literary theory of ‘performativity’ within their close reading practice.' — Elisabeth Jay, Emerita Professor of English at Oxford Brookes University, UK. |
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