Monstrous women and ecofeminism in the Victorian gothic, 1837-1871 / Nicole C. Dittmer.

Author
Dittmer, Nicole C., 1979- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Description
ix, 227 pages ; 24 cm.

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Library of Congress genre(s)
Series
Ecocritical theory and practice [More in this series]
Summary note
"Offering an ecofeminist approach to the interdisciplinary readings of the early to mid-Victorian Gothic of canonical narratives as well as ephemeral penny bloods and dreadfuls, Nicole C. Dittmer identifies assumed "monstrous" women as monistic mind-body figurations who reject social confines and reclaim nature"-- Provided by publisher.
Notes
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Manchester Metropolitan University, 2021: "Wilderness and Female 'Monstrosity': A Material Ecofeminist Reading of Victorian Gothic Fiction".
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Social behavior and 'domesticated' women
  • Forbidden desire, mental degradation, and nature: repression of gothic madwomen
  • Neglect, rage, and reaction: female criminality and the Victorian gothic
  • Monstrous transformations and Victorian she-wolves.
ISBN
  • 9781666900798 (hardcover)
  • 1666900796 (hardcover)
LCCN
2022037047
OCLC
1346989509
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