Monstrous Textualities - Writing the Other in Gothic Narratives of Resistance

Monster texts like Frankenstein reflect monstrosity in their narrative structure to create narratives of resistance against systemic cultural oppression. This book uses different critical theories to trace these narrative patterns in novels by Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter.

A propos de l'auteur

Anya Heise-von der Lippe is an assistant lecturer in the Department of Anglophone Literatures at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

Résumé

Monster texts like Frankenstein reflect monstrosity in their narrative structure to create narratives of resistance against systemic cultural oppression. This book uses different critical theories to trace these narrative patterns in novels by Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Anya Heise-von der Lippe, Anya Heise-von der Lippe
• Edition: University of Wales Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781786837585
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-758-5
• Pages: 304
• Thème: Gothic Literary Studies
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Gothic, Resistance, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Writing, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, of, narratives, Social discrimination & inequality, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Monsters & Legendary Beings, Social discrimination and social justice, Other, Textualities, Monstrous