03821nam 2200769 a 450 99621051050331620240312215656.01-280-19747-197866101974770-470-70046-70-470-77569-61-4051-4289-8(CKB)1000000000351866(EBL)233091(OCoLC)475939607(SSID)ssj0000164645(PQKBManifestationID)11179958(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164645(PQKBWorkID)10121038(PQKB)11497944(MiAaPQ)EBC233091(EXLCZ)99100000000035186620031215d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGothic & gender[electronic resource] an introduction /Donna HeilandMalden, MA Blackwell20041 online resource (231 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-631-20049-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index.Gothic & Gender: An Introduction; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Patriarchal Narratives in the Work of Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve, and Sophia Lee; 2 The Aesthetic of the Sublime in the Work of Matthew Lewis,Charlotte Dacre, and Charles Maturin; 3 Rethinking the Sublime in the Novels of Ann Radcliffe; 4 From the Sublime to the Uncanny: Godwin and Wollstonecraft; 5 Uncanny Monsters in the Work of Mary Shelley, John Polidori,and James Malcolm Rymer; 6 Confronting the Uncanny in the Brontës7 The "Unhomely" Nation of Gothic Narratives: Charlotte Smith,Charles Brockden Brown, and Matthew Lewis8 Feminist, Postmodern, Postcolonial: Margaret Atwood andAnn-Marie Macdonald Respond to the Gothic; Coda: Criticism of the Gothic; Notes; Bibliography; IndexGothic novels tell terrifying stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. Donna Heiland's Gothic and Gender offers a historically informed theoretical introduction to key gothic narratives from a feminist perspective.The book concentrates primarily on fiction from the 1760s through the 1840s, exploring the work of Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve, Sophia Lee, Matthew Lewis, Charlotte Dacre, Charles Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, John Polidori, James Malcolm Rymer, Emily Bronte, ChaGothic and genderHorror tales, EnglishHistory and criticismGothic revival (Literature)Great BritainEnglish fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish fiction18th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismFeminism and literatureGreat BritainWomen and literatureGreat BritainPatriarchy in literatureSex role in literatureHorror tales, EnglishHistory and criticism.Gothic revival (Literature)English fictionHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.English fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Feminism and literatureWomen and literaturePatriarchy in literature.Sex role in literature.809.38729823.0872909823/.0872909Heiland Donna1430834MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996210510503316Gothic & gender4130855UNISA