{"product_id":"gothic-and-gender-an-introduction-hardback-9780631200499","title":"Gothic and Gender; An Introduction (Hardback) 9780631200499","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGothic and Gender\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonna Heiland (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631200499, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGothic novels tell terrifying stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. Donna Heiland’s \u003ci\u003eGothic and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e offers a historically informed theoretical introduction to key gothic narratives from a feminist perspective.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book concentrates primarily on fiction from the 1760s through the 1840s, exploring the work of Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve, Sophia Lee, Matthew Lewis, Charlotte Dacre, Charles Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, John Polidori, James Malcolm Rymer, Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte Smith, and Charles Brockden Brown. The final chapter looks at contemporary fiction and its relation to the gothic, including an exploration of Margaret Atwood’s \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e and Ann-Marie Macdonald’s \u003ci\u003eFall on Your Knees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Coda provides an overview of scholarship on the gothic, showing how gothic gradually became a major focus for literary critics, and paying particular attention to the feminist reinvigoration of gothic studies that began in the 1970s and continues today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaken as a whole the book offers a stimulating survey of the representation of gender in the gothic, suitable for both students and readers of gothic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Patriarchal Narratives in the Work of Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve, and Sophia Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Aesthetic of the Sublime in the Work of Matthew Lewis, Charlotte Dacre, and Charles Maturin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Rethinking the Sublime in the Novels of Ann Radcliffe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 From the Sublime to the Uncanny: Godwin and Wollstonecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Uncanny Monsters in the Work of Mary Shelley, John Polidori, and James Malcolm Rymer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Confronting the Uncanny in the Brontës.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The “Unhomely” Nation of Gothic Narratives: Charlotte Smith, Charles Brockden Brown, and Matthew Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Feminist, Postmodern, Postcolonial: Margaret Atwood and Ann-Marie Macdonald Respond to the Gothic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda: Criticism of the Gothic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316782625048,"sku":"9780631200499","price":92.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631200499.jpg?v=1781825385","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gothic-and-gender-an-introduction-hardback-9780631200499","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}