Femicidal Fears - Narratives of the Female Gothic Experience

Argues that contemporary female Gothic novels of death can, in fact, breathe new life into feminist debates about victimization, essentialism, agency, and the body.

About the author

Helene Meyers is Professor of English and McManis University Chair at Southwestern University. She is the author of Femicidal Fears: Narratives of the Female Gothic Experience, also published by SUNY Press, and Reading Michael Chabon.

Product details

• Authors: Helene Meyers
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2001
• EAN: 9780791451526
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-5152-6
• No. of pages: 223
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Series: Suny Series in Feminist Critic; Suny Feminist Criticism and Th
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories