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Subject(s)

• English fiction—19th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Women in literature [Browse]
• Ecofeminism in literature [Browse]
• Monsters in literature [Browse]
• Horror tales, English—History and criticism [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Literary criticism [Browse]

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.

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ISBN

• 9781666900798 (hardcover)
• 1666900796 (hardcover)

LCCN

2022037047

OCLC

1346989509

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