This book argues that the source of Gothic terror is anxiety about the boundaries of the self: a double fear of separateness and unity that has had a special significance for women writers and readers. Exploring the psychological, religious, and epistemological context of this anxiety, DeLamotte argues that the Gothic vision focuses simultaneously on the private demons of the psyche and the social realities that helped to shape them. Her analysis includes works of English and American authors, among them Henry James, Mary Shelley, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Bronte, Charlotte...
This book argues that the source of Gothic terror is anxiety about the boundaries of the self: a double fear of separateness and unity that has had a ...
This work aims to show how women around the world since 600 B.C. have found ways to resist oppression and gain power over their lives. Organized around themes which should be of interest to contemporary readers, this genuinely global, multicultural anthology presents women from some 30 countries, speaking from their vivid, diverse life experiences.
This work aims to show how women around the world since 600 B.C. have found ways to resist oppression and gain power over their lives. Organized aroun...
