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Horrifying Sex: Essays on Sexual Difference in Gothic Literature

Editat de Ruth Bienstock Anolik
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2007
The Gothic moment in literary history arose in the age of the Enlightenment, and the Gothic fascination with the unknown reflects the Enlightenments response to the limits of reason. Traditionally, the emblem of the unknown that lurks in the Gothic is the supernatural, the monstrous, and the inhuman. Often overlooked is the observation that Gothic texts are also haunted by figures that represent the mystery of sexuality. This collection of essays sharpens that observation and asserts that Gothic anxieties about sexuality are likewise rooted in fear of the unknown, represented by sexual practices and desires that either lie hidden or deviate from cultural norms. The first three sections refer to popular as well as marginalized Gothic texts to portray the three prototypes of sexual "deviance": the female sexual Other in "The Fatal Woman"; the male sexual Other in "The Satanic Male"; and the homosexual Other in "Homosexual Horror." The fourth section covers literary works that celebrate sexual difference and question the idea that the sexually "deviant" is socially Other.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780786430147
ISBN-10: 0786430141
Pagini: 268
Dimensiuni: 161 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: McFarland & Company

Notă biografică

Ruth Bienstock Anolik teaches at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. Her articles have been published in Modern Language Studies, Studies in Jewish Literature, and a number of other journals and collections. She is the editor of The Gothic Other: Racial and Social Constructions in the Literary Imagination (2004) and lives in Narbeth, Pennsylvania.