The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle
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Beteilige Person: Hurley, Kelly (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1996
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture
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Beschreibung:Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Detication; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; The abhuman; Metaphysical estrangement; PART I: THE GOTHIC MATERIAL WORLD; 1 The revenge of matter; 2 Symptomatic readings; PART II GOTHIC BODIES; 3 Evolutionism and the loss of human specificity; 4 Entropic bodies; 4.1 Degenerate sub-species; 4.2 Abjecting whiteness: H.G. Wells' The Time Machine; 5 Chaotic bodies; 5.1 The body as palimpsest; 5.2 ""Generalized animalism"": Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau; PART III: GOTHIC SEXUALITIES; 6 Uncanny female interiors
6.1 ""The inner chambers of all nameless sin"": Richard Marsh's The Beetle7 Abjected masculinities; AFTERWORD; 8 Narrative chaos; 8.1 The Three Imposters: Arthur Machen's urban chaosmos; Notes; Works cited; Index
The popularity of the Gothic in the British fin de siècle, and its links with scientific and social theories
Umfang:218 pages
ISBN:9781107781160
1107781167