Gothic incest : gender, sexuality and transgression / Jenny Diplacidi.
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 relationship...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2018.
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | 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 Bronte, 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 304 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1526107554 9781526107558 1784993069 9781784993061 |