Gothic incest Gender, sexuality and transgression

• Glavni autor: DiPlacidi, Jenny (auth)
• Format: Elektronički Poglavlje knjige
• Jezik: engleski
• Izdano: Manchester Manchester University Press 2018
• Teme: Literature: history & criticism; Literature; gender; sexuality; Gothic literature; incest; incestuous desire; Emily Brontë; Eliza Parsons; Ann Radcliffe; Eleanor Sleath; sexualities; Gothic writers; eighteenth century; Romantic; Gothic studies; gothic tradition; Gender Studies; nineteenth century; Consanguinity; Kinship; Patriarchy
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The first full-length study of incest in the Gothic genre, this book argues that Gothic writers resisted the power structures of their society through incestuous desires. It provides interdisciplinary readings of incest within father-daughter, sibling, mother-son, cousin and uncle-niece relationships in texts by authors including Emily Brontë, Eliza Parsons, Ann Radcliffe and Eleanor Sleath. The analyses, underpinned by historical, literary and cultural contexts, reveal that the incest thematic allowed writers to explore a range of related sexual, social and legal concerns. Through representations of incest, Gothic writers modelled alternative agencies, sexualities and family structures that remain relevant today.

ISBN

j.ctt2204rt6
9781526107558

Pristup

Open Access