Fabrication of the Late Victorian Femme Fatale - The Kiss of Death

Informationen zum Autor REBECCA STOTT Klappentext This book examines the rise of the femme fatale as a prominant fictional type in late nineteenth-century British culture. As a stereotype she has been 'fabricated', that is to say constructed as a 'figure in the carpet' of the fin-de-siècle. The book argues that Rider Haggard's She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed , Bram Stoker's female vampires and Conrad's destructive Malayan or African women, even Hardy's Tess , are all caught up in a series of late nineteenth-century contexts: biological determinism, imperialism, race, theories about female sexuality, degeneration and evolutionary theory. Zusammenfassung The book argues that Rider Haggard's She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed ! Bram Stoker's female vampires and Conrad's destructive Malayan or African women! even Hardy's Tess ! are all caught up in a series of late nineteenth-century contexts: biological determinism! imperialism! race! theories about female sexuality! degeneration and evolutionary theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations - Preface - Acknowledgements - Historical Perspectives - Theoretical Perspectives - Dracula: A Social Purity Crusade - Rider Haggard's Black Widow - The Shadowy Embrace: Conrad - 'Something More to be Said': Hardy's Tess - Afterwords - Endnotes - Bibliography - Index

List of contents

List of Illustrations - Preface - Acknowledgements - Historical Perspectives - Theoretical Perspectives - Dracula: A Social Purity Crusade - Rider Haggard's Black Widow - The Shadowy Embrace: Conrad - 'Something More to be Said': Hardy's Tess - Afterwords - Endnotes - Bibliography - Index

Report

'This is an impressively intelligent work of investigation, which makes good use of late Victorian imperial history and criminology.' - Chris Baldick, Times Literary Supplement

Product details

• Authors: R Stott, R. Stott, Rebecca Stott, Stott Rebecca
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.1992
• EAN: 9780333669600
• ISBN: 978-0-333-66960-0
• No. of pages: 273
• Series: Women's Studies at York Series; Women's Studies at York/MacMil; Women's Studies at York Series; Women's Studies at York
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Gender Studies: Gruppen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century