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Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale [[electronic resource]] : A readers guide
| Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale [[electronic resource]] : A readers guide |
| Autore | Wisker Gina |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813.54 |
| Collana | Reader's Guides |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-87091-2
9786612870910 1-4411-0352-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgements; Quotations and Abbreviations; 1. Context; 2. Overview of Themes; 3. Reading The Handmaid's Tale; 4. Reception and Influence; 5. Guide to Further Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458797403321 |
Wisker Gina
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| London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale [[electronic resource]] : A readers guide
| Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale [[electronic resource]] : A readers guide |
| Autore | Wisker Gina |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813.54 |
| Collana | Reader's Guides |
| Soggetto topico | Tales |
| ISBN |
1-282-87091-2
9786612870910 1-4411-0352-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgements; Quotations and Abbreviations; 1. Context; 2. Overview of Themes; 3. Reading The Handmaid's Tale; 4. Reception and Influence; 5. Guide to Further Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785203203321 |
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Wisker Gina
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| London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contemporary Women's Ghost Stories : Spectres, Revenants, Ghostly Returns / / by Gina Wisker
| Contemporary Women's Ghost Stories : Spectres, Revenants, Ghostly Returns / / by Gina Wisker |
| Autore | Wisker Gina |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.39375 |
| Collana | Palgrave Gothic |
| Soggetto topico |
Goth culture (Subculture)
Sex Literature, Modern - 20th century Literature, Modern - 21st century Gothic Studies Gender Studies Contemporary Literature |
| ISBN |
9783030890544
3030890546 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Contemporary Women's Ghost Stories -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Lifting the Veil on Women's Ghost Stories -- Undead: Critical Background -- Ghosts at the Turn of the Century and Women's Modernist Writing -- Structure -- Conclusion -- References -- Filmography -- Part I: Haunted Texts, Haunted Houses, Haunted Lives -- Chapter 2: Haunted Romance and Haunted Houses: Rebecca (du Maurier, 1938), The Haunting of Hill House (Jackson, 1959) -- Rebecca -- The Haunted House, the Haunting Mother: Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House -- The Haunting of Hill House -- References -- Filmography -- Theatre -- TV -- Chapter 3: Revengeful Ghosts: The Woman in Black (Hill, 1983), Beloved (Morrison, 1987) -- The Woman in Black (1983) -- Toni Morrison's Beloved (1987) -- References -- Filmography -- Part II: Possession -- Chapter 4: True Love as Possession: Ashputtle (Carter, 1987), Lady Oracle (Atwood, 1976), The Greatcoat (Dunmore, 2012), The Glass Bottle Trick (Hopkinson, 2000) -- 'Ashputtle', Angela Carter (1987) -- Lady Oracle (1976), Margaret Atwood -- The Greatcoat, Helen Dunmore (2012) -- Duppies and 'The Glass Bottle Trick', Nalo Hopkinson (2000) -- Conclusion -- References -- Filmography -- Chapter 5: The Spectral Voice: In the Red Kitchen (Roberts, 1990), Affinity (Waters, 1999), Beyond Black (Mantel, 2005) -- Popular Ghosts and Real Ghost Hunting -- Spiritualism -- Spirit Contact -- In the Red Kitchen (1990), Michèle Roberts -- Beyond Black (2005), Hilary Mantel -- Affinity (1999), Sarah Waters -- References -- Filmography -- Theatre -- TV -- Chapter 6: Domestic Hauntings: The Little Stranger (Waters, 2009), Birdcage Walk (Dunmore, 2017), The Stopped Heart (Myerson, 2016) -- Haunted Houses and Change -- The Little Stranger (2009): Sarah Waters.
Silenced Women: Oppressive, Domestic Spaces, Murders Birdcage Walk (Helen Dunmore, 2017) -- Julie Myerson's The Stopped Heart (2016) -- References -- Filmography -- Music -- TV -- Part III: Traumas of Place: Postcolonial Hauntings -- Chapter 7: Postcolonial Hauntings and Urban Gothic in Singapore and Malaysia: The Serpent's Tooth (Lim, 1982), The Bondmaid (Lim, 1992), Haunting (Lim, 1981), The Black Isle (Tan, 2012), Ponti (Teo, 2018), House of Aunts (Cho, 2014), The Croc -- Artifice, Bondmaids and Family Ghosts-Catherine Lim -- The Bondmaid (1997) -- The Serpent's Tooth (1982) -- Domestic Ghosts: Shirley Lim, 'Haunting' (1981) -- Sandi Tan's The Black Isle (2012) -- Singapore: Cities, Space, Place and Ghosts -- Pontianaks at Home, Ponti (Sharlene Teo, 2018), 'The House of Aunts' (Spirits Abroad, 2014), Zen Cho -- Conclusion -- References -- Filmography -- Chapter 8: Traumas of Place, Travel, Hauntology: Novel without a Name (Duong, 1995), Daughters of the House (Roberts, 1992), The Winter Ghosts (Mosse, 2010) -- Trauma: A Particular Form of Haunting -- Duong Thu Huong: Novel Without a Name (1995) -- Kate Mosse: The Winter Ghosts (2010) -- Michèle Roberts: Daughters of the House (1992) -- Conclusion -- References -- TV -- Chapter 9: Visits and Visitations: A Visit (Jackson, 1950), Ghost Summer (Due, 2015), Her Fearful Symmetry (Niffenegger, 2009), Hotel World (Smith, 2001) -- 'A Visit, or The Lovely House', Shirley Jackson (1950) -- Hotel World, Ali Smith (2001) -- Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger (2009) -- Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching (2009) -- Past Guilt and Ghostly Returns-Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer (2015) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: Breaking Boundaries, Leaking Truths, Pressing Issues: Ghost Wall (Moss, 2018) -- Breaking Boundaries, Leaking Truths: Ghost Wall (Sarah Moss, 2018). Moving Forward by Learning from the Haunted Past -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910574087203321 |
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Wisker Gina
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Legacies and Lifespans in Contemporary Women’s Writing / / edited by Gina Wisker, Leanne Bibby, Heidi Yeandle
| Legacies and Lifespans in Contemporary Women’s Writing / / edited by Gina Wisker, Leanne Bibby, Heidi Yeandle |
| Autore | Wisker Gina |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.89287 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BibbyLeanne
YeandleHeidi |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Contemporary Women’s Writing |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern - 20th century
Literature, Modern - 21st century Comparative literature Literature - Philosophy Feminism and literature Fiction Contemporary Literature Comparative Literature Feminist Literary Theory Fiction Literature |
| ISBN |
9783031280931
3031280938 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Writing Back and Looking Forward - Gina Wisker, Heidi Yeandle, Leanne Bibby -- Haunting relationships, dark visions, personal dangers and encounters with strangers in Gothic short stories by Katherine Mansfield (1920), Shirley Jackson (1946), Daphne du Maurier (1952), and Alice Munro (2012) - Gina Wisker -- (Dis)continuing the mother-daughter dyad in Alison Bechdel’s Are You My Mother? Working Back Through Our Mothers - Caleb Sivyer -- 'You'll be told lies about me, or perhaps even nothing at all.' Suzannah Dunn's Tudor Queens and the Problem of Historical Romance - Leanne Bibby -- Poet in a lab coat: the creativity in Rachel Carson’s scientific texts - Lisa Matthews -- Decentering Genealogies: L’Écriture Féminine, The Youngest Doll, and Contemporary Puerto Rican Women Writers - Melissa R. Sande -- The Smallest Room of One’s Own: Virginia Woolf and Jeanette Winterson in Close Quarters - Shareena Z. Hamzah -- “Born of a great fire”: Infanticide and Transgenerational Trauma in Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing - Laura Dawkins -- (Re)Writing the Future/ Disavowing the Past: Reading Feminism in The Power and The Handmaid’s Tale - Adele Jones -- Caring and Ageing in Contemporary Women’s Writing - Katsura Sako. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910734855303321 |
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Wisker Gina
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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