Womens Gothic

Author : E. J. Clery
Publisher : Writers and Their Work (Paperb
ISBN 13 : 0746311443
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Gothic written by E. J. Clery and published by Writers and Their Work (Paperb. This book was released on 2004 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Female writers of Gothic were hell-raisers in more than one sense: not only did they specialize in evoking scenes of horror, cruelty, and supernaturalism, but in doing so they exploded the literary conventions of the day, and laid claim to realms of the imagination hitherto reserved for men. They were rewarded with popular success, large profits, and even critical adulation. E. J. Clery's acclaimed study tells the strange but true story of women's Gothic. She identifies contemporary fascination with the operation of the passions and the example of the great tragic actress Sarah Siddons as enabling factors, and then examines in depth the careers of two pioneers of the genre, Clara Reeve and Sophia Lee, its reigning queen, Ann Radcliffe, and the daring experimentalists Joanna Baillie and Charlotte Dacre. The account culminates with Mary Shelley, whose Frankenstein (1818) has attained mythical status. Students and scholars as well as general readers will find Women's Gothic a stimulating introduction to an important literary mode.

Author : Gina Wisker
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137303492
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Women's Gothic Fiction written by Gina Wisker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book revives and revitalises the literary Gothic in the hands of contemporary women writers. It makes a scholarly, lively and convincing case that the Gothic makes horror respectable, and establishes contemporary women’s Gothic fictions in and against traditional Gothic. The book provides new, engaging perspectives on established contemporary women Gothic writers, with a particular focus on Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood and Toni Morrison. It explores how the Gothic is malleable in their hands and is used to demythologise oppressions based on difference in gender and ethnicity. The study presents new Gothic work and new nuances, critiques of dangerous complacency and radical questionings of what is safe and conformist in works as diverse as Twilight (Stephenie Meyer) and A Girl Walks Home Alone (Ana Lily Amirpur), as well as by Anne Rice and Poppy Brite. It also introduces and critically explores postcolonial, vampire and neohistorical Gothic and women’s ghost stories.

Author : Avril Horner
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474409512
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and the Gothic written by Avril Horner and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A re-assessment of the Gothic in relation to the female, the 'feminine', feminism and post-feminismThis 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.Key FeaturesRevitalises the long-running debate about women, the Gothic and identityEngages with the political agendas of feminism and post-feminismPrioritises the concerns of woman as reader, author and criticOffers fresh readings of both classic and recent Gothic works

Author : Melissa Edmundson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319769170
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women’s Colonial Gothic Writing, 1850-1930 written by Melissa Edmundson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores women writers’ involvement with the Gothic. The author sheds new light on women’s experience, a viewpoint that remains largely absent from male-authored Colonial Gothic works. The book investigates how women writers appropriated the Gothic genre—and its emphasis on fear, isolation, troubled identity, racial otherness, and sexual deviancy—in order to take these anxieties into the farthest realms of the British Empire. The chapters show how Gothic themes told from a woman’s perspective emerge in unique ways when set in the different colonial regions that comprise the scope of this book: Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Edmundson argues that women’s Colonial Gothic writing tends to be more critical of imperialism, and thereby more subversive, than that of their male counterparts. This book will be of interest to students and academics interested in women’s writing, the Gothic, and colonial studies.

Author : Kathleen Hudson
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786836122
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Authorship and the Early Gothic written by Kathleen Hudson and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses previously marginalized or underappreciated women Gothic authors. Provides innovative readings of specific Gothic texts. Reintroduces lesser known primary texts into the critical discussion. Presents a core thesis which advances the field of Gothic studies and rethinks previous perceptions of literary culture.

Author : Julia Round
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496824490
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gothic for Girls written by Julia Round and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Broken Frontier Award for Best Book on Comics Today fans still remember and love the British girls’ comic Misty for its bold visuals and narrative complexities. Yet its unique history has drawn little critical attention. Bridging this scholarly gap, Julia Round presents a comprehensive cultural history and detailed discussion of the comic, preserving both the inception and development of this important publication as well as its stories. Misty ran for 101 issues as a stand-alone publication between 1978 and 1980 and then four more years as part of Tammy. It was a hugely successful anthology comic containing one-shot and serialized stories of supernatural horror and fantasy aimed at girls and young women and featuring work by writers and artists who dominated British comics such as Pat Mills, Malcolm Shaw, and John Armstrong, as well as celebrated European artists. To this day, Misty remains notable for its daring and sophisticated stories, strong female characters, innovative page layouts, and big visuals. In the first book on this topic, Round closely analyzes Misty’s content, including its creation and production, its cultural and historical context, key influences, and the comic itself. Largely based on Round’s own archival research, the study also draws on interviews with many of the key creators involved in this comic, including Pat Mills, Wilf Prigmore, and its art editorial team Jack Cunningham and Ted Andrews, who have never previously spoken about their work. Richly illustrated with previously unpublished photos, scripts, and letters, this book uses Misty as a lens to explore the use of Gothic themes and symbols in girls’ comics and other media. It surveys existing work on childhood and Gothic and offers a working definition of Gothic for Girls, a subgenre which challenges and instructs readers in a number of ways.

Author : Victoria A. Brownworth
Publisher : Seal Press (CA)
ISBN 13 : 9781580050241
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Shade written by Victoria A. Brownworth and published by Seal Press (CA). This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories by such women authors as Joanne Dahme, Roz Warren, Joyce Wagner, Jean Stewart, and Linda K. Wright

Author : Maria Purves
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443857939
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Gothic written by Maria Purves and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This small collection of essays explores women’s relationship with the gothic: a relationship which has, since its eighteenth-century beginnings, always been complex. These essays demonstrate some of the scope and diversity of that relationship, and much of its intensity: the ingenuity and genius employed, the anguish experienced and the risks taken, in its evolution. Genuinely representative of gothic’s flexibility and presence in everything from novels to architecture, from surrealist art to hypertext fiction, this volume brings new primary sources and topics to the reader’s attention, and will be of interest to anyone who wants to expand and challenge their understanding of how and why women engage with the gothic.

Author : Kay Mussell
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Gothic and Romantic Fiction written by Kay Mussell and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1981-12-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anyone who has ever tried to assist a patron doing research in this field will welcome this bibliographic essay. . . . Most libraries will want and use this book." Library Journal

Author : Lori A. Paige
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476675651
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gothic Romance Wave written by Lori A. Paige and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the birth of modern feminism, the sexual revolution, and strong growth in the mass-market publishing industry. Women made up a large part of the book market, and Gothic fiction became a higher popular staple. Victoria Holt, Mary Stewart and Phyllis Whitney emerged as prominent authors, while the standardized paperback Gothic sold in the millions. Pitched at middle-class women of all ages, Gothics paved the way for contemporary fiction categories such as urban fantasy, paranormal romance and vampire erotica. Though not as popular today as they once were, Gothic paperbacks retain a cult following--and the books themselves have become collectors' items. They were also the first popular novels to present strong heroines as agents of liberation and transformation. This work offers the missing chapters of the Gothic story, from the imaginative creations of Ann Radcliffe and the Bronte sisters to the bestseller 50 Shades of Grey.