Horner, Avril,
Women and the gothic : an Edinburgh companion / edited by Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016. - vi, 239 pages ; 25 cm. - Edinburgh companions to the gothic . - Edinburgh companions to the gothic. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Family Matters -- Heroines in Flight / The Gothic Girl Child / A Woman's Place -- Wicked Women -- The Female Gothic Body / Spectral Femininity / Women and the Law / Female Vampirism / Queering the Female Gothic / Ardel Haefele-Thomas -- No Country for Old Women / Virtual Gothic Women / Formations of Player Agency and Gender in Gothic Video Games / Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik -- Part I: Angela Wright -- Madwomen and Attics / Laurence Talairach-Vielmas -- Mothers and Others / Ginette Carpenter -- Lucie Armitt -- Diana Wallace -- Part II: Anne Williams -- Marie Mulvey-Roberts -- Rebecca Munford -- Sue Chaplin -- Gina Wisker. Part III: Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik -- Catherine Spooner -- Tanya Krzywinska. Introduction / Trangressions -- New Directions --
This collection of newly commissioned essays brings together major scholars in the field of Gothic studies in order to re-think the topic of 'Women and the Gothic'. The 14 chapters in this volume engage with debates about 'Female Gothic' from the 1970s and '80s, through second wave feminism, theorisations of gender and a long interrogation of the 'women' category as well as with the problematics of post-feminism, now itself being interrogated by a younger generation of women. The contributors explore Gothic works - from established classics to recent films and novels - from feminist and post-feminist perspectives. The result is a lively book that combines rigorous close readings with elegant use of theory in order to question some ingrained assumptions about women, the Gothic and identity. [page 4 of cover]
9780748699124 (hardback) 9781474425568 9780748699131 9781474409513
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Women in literature.
Feminism and literature.
809.38729 / H W
Women and the gothic : an Edinburgh companion / edited by Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016. - vi, 239 pages ; 25 cm. - Edinburgh companions to the gothic . - Edinburgh companions to the gothic. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Family Matters -- Heroines in Flight / The Gothic Girl Child / A Woman's Place -- Wicked Women -- The Female Gothic Body / Spectral Femininity / Women and the Law / Female Vampirism / Queering the Female Gothic / Ardel Haefele-Thomas -- No Country for Old Women / Virtual Gothic Women / Formations of Player Agency and Gender in Gothic Video Games / Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik -- Part I: Angela Wright -- Madwomen and Attics / Laurence Talairach-Vielmas -- Mothers and Others / Ginette Carpenter -- Lucie Armitt -- Diana Wallace -- Part II: Anne Williams -- Marie Mulvey-Roberts -- Rebecca Munford -- Sue Chaplin -- Gina Wisker. Part III: Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik -- Catherine Spooner -- Tanya Krzywinska. Introduction / Trangressions -- New Directions --
This collection of newly commissioned essays brings together major scholars in the field of Gothic studies in order to re-think the topic of 'Women and the Gothic'. The 14 chapters in this volume engage with debates about 'Female Gothic' from the 1970s and '80s, through second wave feminism, theorisations of gender and a long interrogation of the 'women' category as well as with the problematics of post-feminism, now itself being interrogated by a younger generation of women. The contributors explore Gothic works - from established classics to recent films and novels - from feminist and post-feminist perspectives. The result is a lively book that combines rigorous close readings with elegant use of theory in order to question some ingrained assumptions about women, the Gothic and identity. [page 4 of cover]
9780748699124 (hardback) 9781474425568 9780748699131 9781474409513
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Women in literature.
Feminism and literature.
809.38729 / H W