Sara Martín

Masculinity and Patriarchal Villainy in the British Novel (eBook, ePUB)

From Hitler to Voldemort

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

While providing readers with in-depth studies of some of the most popular contemporary fiction villans, Sara Martín shows how current representations of the villain are not only measured against previous literary characters but also against the real-life figure of the archvillain Adolf Hitler.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000763317
• Artikelnr.: 58331459

Autorenporträt

Sara Martín is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Cultural Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Dr Martín specialises in Gender Studies, particularly Masculinities Studies, which she applies to the study of popular fictions in English, with an emphasis on science fiction and, secondarily, horror and fantasy. Among her books are Monstruos al Final del Milenio (2002), Expediente X: En Honor a la Verdad (2006), Recycling Cultures (ed., 2006), La Literatura (2008), Desafíos a la Heterosexualidad Obligatoria (2011) and Persistence and Resistance in English Studies (co-ed., 2018). She co-edited with Fernando Ángel Moreno a monographic issue on Spanish science fiction for Science Fiction Studies (2017). Dr Martín's translations include Manuel de Pedrolo's masterpiece of Catalan Literature Typescript of the Second Origin (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Defining the Patriarchal Villain
Chapter 1. Adolf Hitler: The Threat of Absolute Villainy
Chapter 2. Big Brother and O'Brien: The Mystique of Power and the
Reproduction of Patriarchal Masculinity
Chapter 3. Morgoth and Sauron: The Problem of Recurring Villainy
Chapter 4. Steerpike: Gormenghast's Angry Young Man
Chapter 5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Larger Than Life: The Villain in the James
Bond Series
Chapter 6. Richard Onslow Roper and the 'Labyrinth of Monstrosities': John
le Carré's Post-Cold War Villains
Chapter 7. Michael Dobbs's Francis Urquhart Trilogy: Democracy at Risk
Chapter 8. Big Ger Cafferty, Crime Boss: The Constant Struggle to Retain
Power
Chapter 9. Voldemort and the Limits of Dark Magic: Self-empowerment as
Self-destruction
Conclusions