Women and the Gothic : : An Edinburgh Companion / / Sue Zlosnik, Avril Horner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Horner, Avril ,; Zlosnik, Sue,
• MitwirkendeR: Armitt, Lucie,; Carpenter, Ginette,; Chaplin, Sue,; Haefele-Thomas, Ardel,; Horner, Avril,; Krzywinska, Tanya,; Mulvey-Roberts, Marie,; Munford, Rebecca,; Spooner, Catherine,; Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence,; Wallace, Diana,; Williams, Anne,; Wisker, Gina,; Wright, Angela,; Zlosnik, Sue,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic : ECG
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)

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

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Family Matters -- Chapter 1 Heroines in Flight: Narrating Invisibility and Maturity in Women's Gothic Writing of the Romantic Period -- Chapter 2 Madwomen and Attics -- Chapter 3 Mothers and Others -- Chapter 4 The Gothic Girl Child -- Chapter 5 'A Woman's Place' -- Part II Transgressions -- Chapter 6 Wicked Women -- Chapter 7 The Female Gothic Body -- Chapter 8 Spectral Femininity -- Chapter 9 Female Gothic and the Law -- Chapter 10 Female Vampirism -- Part III New Directions -- Chapter 11 Queering the Female Gothic -- Chapter 12 No Country for Old Women: Gender, Age and the Gothic -- Chapter 13 Virtual Gothic Women -- Chapter 14 Formations of Player Agency and Gender in Gothic Games -- Notes on Contributors -- Index