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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484592903321

Autore

Schaub Melissa

Titolo

Performativity in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Shorter Fiction : A Case Study in the Uses of Theory / / by Melissa Schaub

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-26314-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (84 pages)

Disciplina

121.68

823.8

Soggetti

Literature, Modern—19th century

Sociology

Culture

Gender

Literature—Philosophy

Nineteenth-Century Literature

Gender Studies

Culture and Gender

Literary Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

'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.