Gothic Incest - Gender, Sexuality and Transgression (Paperback)

The first full-length study of incest in the Gothic genre, this book argues that Gothic writers resisted the power structures of their society through incestuous desires. It provides interdisciplinary readings of incest within father-daughter, sibling, mother-son, cousin and uncle-niece relationships in texts by authors including Emily Bronte, Eliza Parsons, Ann Radcliffe and Eleanor Sleath. The analyses, underpinned by historical, literary and cultural contexts, reveal that the incest thematic allowed writers to explore a range of related sexual, social and legal concerns. Through representations of incest, Gothic writers modelled alternative agencies, sexualities and family structures that remain relevant today. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2020
First published:	2018
Authors:	Jenny DiPlacidi
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-4811-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
LSN:	1-5261-4811-0
Barcode:	9781526148117

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