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oapen-20.500.12657-305472024-03-25T09:51:37Z Gothic incest DiPlacidi, Jenny 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 thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism 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. 2018-02-01 23:55:55 2020-03-12 03:00:32 2020-04-01T13:00:56Z 2020-04-01T13:00:56Z 2018-02-24 book 645361 OCN: 1022625501 9781526107558 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30547 eng application/pdf n/a 645361.pdf Manchester University Press 10.2307/j.ctt2204rt6 100910 10.2307/j.ctt2204rt6 6110b9b4-ba84-42ad-a0d8-f8d877957cdd b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781526107558 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Manchester 100910 KU Select 2017: Front list Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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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