Houses, secrets, and the closet locating masculinities from the Gothic novel to Henry James
»Houses, Secrets, and the Closet± investigates the literary production of masculinities and their relation to secrets and sexualities in 18th and 19th century fiction. It focusses on close readings of Gothic fiction, Sensation Novels, and tales by Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, Mary...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
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[2016].
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| Colección: | JSTOR Open Access monographs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37659741*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. Prelude: Bluebeard
- Context: history, houses, and masculinities
- Methods: secrecy, sexuality, and liminal spaces
- Bluebeard's 'closet': gothic novels
- Phallic power: Horace Walpole's The castle of Otranto
- The power of absolute spatial access: Ann Radcliffe's The mysteries of Udolpho
- A 'male heroine': William Godwin's Caleb Williams
- The contested secret room: sensation novels. Powerless landlords: Wilkie Collins' The woman in white
- Performing subversion: Wilkie Collins' No name
- A female Bluebeard: Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's secret
- Globalising the 'closet': Henry James. Masculine disempowerment in a woman's mansion: Henry James' "The Aspern papers"
- Female power in the cage of knowledge: Henry James' "In the cage"
- Autoerotic paranoia in the 'closet': Henry James' "The jolly corner."
