02643nam 22005775 450 991048459290332120200706232251.03-030-26314-210.1007/978-3-030-26314-0(CKB)4100000009152979(MiAaPQ)EBC5889000(DE-He213)978-3-030-26314-0(EXLCZ)99410000000915297920190831d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPerformativity in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Shorter Fiction A Case Study in the Uses of Theory /by Melissa Schaub1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,2019.1 online resource (84 pages)3-030-26313-4 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.'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.Literature, Modern—19th centurySociologyCultureGenderLiterature—PhilosophyNineteenth-Century Literaturehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/821000Gender Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X35000Culture and Genderhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411210Literary Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/812000Literature, Modern—19th century.Sociology.Culture.Gender.Literature—Philosophy.Nineteenth-Century Literature.Gender Studies.Culture and Gender.Literary Theory.121.68823.8Schaub Melissaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1230118BOOK9910484592903321Performativity in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Shorter Fiction2855425UNINA