Neo-Victorian Cannibalism - A Theory of Contemporary Adaptations (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This Pivot examines a body of contemporary neo-Victorian novels whose uneasy relationship with the past can be theorised in terms of aggressive eating, including cannibalism. Not only is the imagery of eating repeatedly used by critics to comprehend neo-Victorian literature, the theme of cannibalism itself also appears overtly or implicitly in a number of the novels and their Victorian prototypes, thereby mirroring the cannibalistic relationship between the contemporary and the Victorian. Tammy Lai-Ming Ho argues that aggressive eating or cannibalism can be seen as a pathological and defining characteristic of neo-Victorian fiction, demonstrating how cannibalism provides a framework for understanding the genre's origin, its conflicted, ambivalent and violent relationship with its Victorian predecessors and the grotesque and gothic effects that it generates in its fiction.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	February 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	150
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-002558-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Horror & ghost stories Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	3-03-002558-6
Barcode:	9783030025588

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