Rethinking the monstrous : transgression, vulnerability, and difference in British fiction since 1967 / / Jim Byatt
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Byatt Jim
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| Titolo: |
Rethinking the monstrous : transgression, vulnerability, and difference in British fiction since 1967 / / Jim Byatt
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 823/.91409355 |
| Soggetto topico: | Other (Philosophy) in literature |
| English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Rethinking the Monstrous considers the remaindered other in contemporary British society and the representation of that other in British fiction since 1967. By examining a diverse range of texts that address an equally diverse range of identities, this book addresses the questions of what otherness means in contemporary society, how it manifests and manages itself, and how the fiction of the period addresses the social anomaly. This book's focus lies with novels that engage with those figures who have remained socially excluded, including the criminally transgressive and the culturally stigmat |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rethinking the monstrous |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-9502-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816590703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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