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UNINA9910812549903321 |
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Autore |
Germana Monica |
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Titolo |
Scottish women's gothic and fantastic writing : fiction since 1978 / / Monica Germana |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-7486-5225-6 |
1-282-89976-7 |
9786612899768 |
0-7486-3765-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
English fiction - Women authors - History and criticism |
English fiction - Scottish authors - History and criticism |
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English - Scotland - History and criticism |
Fantasy fiction, English - Scotland - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Meet the others : an introduction to nation, gender and genre -- Quests and other worlds -- Witches, demon lovers and female monsters -- Doubles : bodily duplications and schizoid selves -- Ghosts : dissolving the boundaries -- The death of the other? -- Genealogies in Sian Hayton's trilogy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides a critical survey of the gothic texts of late twentieth-century and contemporary Scottish women writers including Kate Atkinson Ellen Galford A.L. Kennedy Ali Smith and Emma Tennant focusing on four themes: quests and other worlds witches doubles and ghosts. |
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