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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824153303321

Autore

Murphy Patricia

Titolo

The New Woman Gothic : Reconfigurations of Distress / / Patricia Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, MO : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2015

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2018

©2015

ISBN

0-8262-7354-8

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 pages)

Disciplina

823.0872909

823.087290908

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Origins before Departures -- Part I. The Blurred Boundary -- Chapter One. Public Faces, Public Spaces -- Chapter Two. The Oldest Profession and the Newest Professionals -- Chapter Three. Sexuality: Beyond a Double Bind -- Part II. Reimagined Conventions -- Chapter Four. London as Sexualized Labyrinth -- Chapter Five. Buried Alive in the Fin de Siècle -- Chapter Six. Entrapment within the "Institution" of Marriage -- Chapter Seven. The Body as Ruin -- Part III. Villainous Characters -- Chapter Eight. The Bad Husband -- Chapter Nine. The Mother as Agent -- Chapter Ten. Exceeding Alterity -- Conclusion. Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.