LEADER 02878oam 22004454a 450 001 9910967849303321 005 20250326155106.0 010 $a0-8262-7354-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000001150974 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4838352 035 $a(OCoLC)1016774156 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47237 035 $a(Perlego)1704386 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001150974 100 $a20151007d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe new woman gothic $ereconfigurations of distress /$fPatricia Murphy 205 $a1st edition. 210 1$aColumbia, MO :$cUniversity of Missouri Press,$d2015. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2018 210 4$d©2015. 215 $a1 online resource (340 pages) 311 08$a0-8262-2354-0 311 08$a0-8262-2067-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 8 $aDrawing from and reworking Gothic conventions, the New Woman version is marshaled during a tumultuous cultural moment of gender anxiety either to defend or revile the complex character. The controversial and compelling figure of the New Woman in fin de sie?cle British fiction has garnered extensive scholarly attention, but rarely has she been investigated through the lens of the Gothic. Part I, "The Blurred Boundary, " examines an obfuscated distinction between the New Woman and the prostitute, presented in a stunning breadth and array of writings. Part II, "Reconfigured Conventions, " probes four key aspects of the Gothic, each of which is reshaped to reflect the exigencies of the fin de sie?cle. In Part III, "Villainous Characters, " the bad father of Romantic fiction is bifurcated into the husband and the mother, both of whom cause great suffering to the protagonist. 676 $a823.0872909 676 $a823.087290908 700 $aMurphy$b Patricia$f1951-$01711820 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967849303321 996 $aThe new woman gothic$94345652 997 $aUNINA