Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Manchester Metropolitan University, 2021: "Wilderness and Female 'Monstrosity': A Material Ecofeminist Reading of Victorian Gothic Fiction". Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Social behavior and 'domesticated' women -- Forbidden desire, mental degradation, and nature: repression of gothic madwomen -- Neglect, rage, and reaction: female criminality and the Victorian gothic -- Monstrous transformations and Victorian she-wolves.
Summary:
"Offering an ecofeminist approach to the interdisciplinary readings of the early to mid-Victorian Gothic of canonical narratives as well as ephemeral penny bloods and dreadfuls, Nicole C. Dittmer identifies assumed "monstrous" women as monistic mind-body figurations who reject social confines and reclaim nature"-- Provided by publisher.
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