Queer Others in Victorian Gothic: Transgressing Monstrosity - Couverture souple

Haefele-Thomas, Ardel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0708324657 ISBN 13 : 9780708324653

Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2012

Synopsis

Queer Others in Victorian Gothic: Transgressing Monstrosity explores the intersections of Gothic, cultural, gender, queer, socio-economic and postcolonial theories in nineteenth-century British representations of sexuality, gender, class and race. From mid-century authors like Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell to fin-de-siecle writers such as J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Florence Marryat and Vernon Lee, this study examines the ways that these Victorian writers utilized gothic horror as a proverbial 'safe space' in which to grapple with taboo social and cultural issues. This work simultaneously explores our current assumptions about a Victorian culture that was monolithic in its disdain for those who were 'other'.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Ardel Haefele-Thomas s Queer Others in Victorian Gothic in Wales s series Gothic Literary Studies applies Queer and Postcolonial theory to the Gothic fiction of Collins, Gaskell, Haggard, Le Fanu, Marryat, and Vernon Lee with surprising results. In richly historicized contexts, Haefele-Thomas reveals refined explorations of Otherness in Victorian literature, as well as complicated empathies and tolerances that unsettle our critical assumptions. Teaching on a daily basis in San Francisco s LGBT community, Haefele-Thomas has provided an accessible genealogy of our contemporary boundary crossings. It is a superb application of theory to literary history and to the present. --Regenia GagnierProfessor of English, University of Exeter and President, British Association for Victorian Studies

Biographie de l'auteur :

Ardel Haefele-Thomas is a Victorian and Queer Studies scholar who currently holds the position of Chair of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies at City College of San Francisco.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Wales Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0708324657
• ISBN 13: 9780708324653
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224