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    Gothic incest

    Gender, sexuality and transgression

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    Author(s)
    DiPlacidi, Jenny
    Collection
    Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
    Number
    100910
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    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 Brontë, 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.
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    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30547
    Keywords
    Literature; gender; sexuality; Gothic literature; incest; incestuous desire; Emily Brontë; Eliza Parsons; Ann Radcliffe; Eleanor Sleath; sexualities; Gothic writers; eighteenth century; Romantic; Gothic studies; gothic tradition; Gender Studies; nineteenth century; Consanguinity; Kinship; Patriarchy
    DOI
    10.2307/j.ctt2204rt6
    ISBN
    9781526107558
    OCN
    1022625501
    Publisher
    Manchester University Press
    Publisher website
    https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/
    Publication date and place
    Manchester, 2018-02-24
    Grantor
    • Knowledge Unlatched - 100910 - KU Select 2017: Front list Collection
    Classification
    Literature: history and criticism
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Consanguinity - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consanguinity; Gothic architecture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture; Gothic fiction - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction; Incest - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest; Kinship - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinship; Patriarchy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchy
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    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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