The New Woman Gothic: Reconfigurations of Distress Volume 1

by Patricia Murphy

Drawing from and reworking Gothic conventions, the New Woman version is marshaled during a tumultuous cultural moment of gender anxiety either to defend or revile the complex character. The controversial and compelling figure of the New Woman in fin de si cle Britishfiction has garnered extensive scholarly attention, but rarely has she been investigated through the lens of the Gothic.

Part I, "The Blurred Boundary," examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826220673
• ISBN13: 9780826220677
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5