The new woman gothic : reconfigurations of distress / / Patricia Murphy

• Autore: Murphy Patricia <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Columbia, MO : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2015; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2018; ©2015
• Edizione: 1st edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 pages)
• Disciplina: 823.0872909; 823.087290908
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing 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 siècle British&nbsp;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 siècle. 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The new woman gothic
• ISBN: 0-8262-7354-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910967849303321
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