Nicole C. Dittmer

Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic, 1837-1871

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offering an ecofeminist approach to the interdisciplinary readings of the early-to-mid Victorian Gothic of both canonical narratives and ephemeral penny bloods and dreadfuls, Dittmer identifies assumed "monstrous" women as monistic mind-body figurations, who reject social confines and reclaim nature.

Produktdetails

• Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781666900798
• ISBN-10: 1666900796
• Artikelnr.: 64941038

Autorenporträt

Nicole C. Dittmer is lecturer at The College of New Jersey and proofreader/editorial board member at Studies in Gothic Fiction.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Social Behavior and 'Domesticated' Women
Chapter Two: Forbidden Desire, Mental Degradation, and Nature: Repression
of Gothic Madwomen
Chapter Three: Neglect, Rage, and Reaction: Female Criminality and the
Victorian Gothic
Chapter Four: Monstrous Transformations and Victorian She-Wolves
Conclusion
Appendix: For Further Reading
References
About the Author