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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nicole C. DittmerPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.531kg ISBN: 9781666900798ISBN 10: 1666900796 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 15 November 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Social Behavior and ‘Domesticated’ Women Chapter Two: Forbidden Desire, Mental Degradation, and Nature: Repression of Gothic Madwomen Chapter Three: Neglect, Rage, and Reaction: Female Criminality and the Victorian Gothic Chapter Four: Monstrous Transformations and Victorian She-Wolves Conclusion Appendix: For Further Reading References About the AuthorReviews"""Dittmer persuasively argues for a Spinozian unification of the mind-body-nature connection within the monstrous woman figure by conducting textual analysis of early-to-mid-Victorian Gothic literature and ephemeral penny publications alongside readings of contemporaneous medical, legal, and theological texts. She engages an ecofeminist lens to demonstrate how these monstrous women, from madwomen to she-wolves, use nature and the natural elements to their advantage. Dittmer reveals their acts of reclamation that undo misogynistic notions of 'proper female' domestication, morality, and sexuality. Given the current sociopolitical climate, this work feels more necessary and relevant than ever."" -- Heather O. Petrocelli, author of <Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator</i> ""In this thorough and thoughtful examination of the material and semiotic qualities of 'she-monsters,' Nicole C. Dittmer puts little-known texts by writers such as Reynolds, MacDonald, and Rymer in conversation with the works of Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the Brontës in order to explore how women act as nature's partners in reclaiming their agency and instincts from Victorian patriarchal oppression. Adopting a Spinozan, monistic, eco-Gothic framework in its analysis of the role and representation of psychosomatic agency, Dittmer's Monstrous Women charts productive and provocative new territory for literary and cultural study of the Gothic."" -- Harriet Hustis, The College of New Jersey" Dittmer persuasively argues for a Spinozian unification of the mind-body-nature connection within the monstrous woman figure by conducting textual analysis of early-to-mid-Victorian Gothic literature and ephemeral penny publications alongside readings of contemporaneous medical, legal, and theological texts. She engages an ecofeminist lens to demonstrate how these monstrous women, from madwomen to she-wolves, use nature and the natural elements to their advantage. Dittmer reveals their acts of reclamation that undo misogynistic notions of 'proper female' domestication, morality, and sexuality. Given the current sociopolitical climate, this work feels more necessary and relevant than ever. -- Heather O. Petrocelli, author of <Queer for Fear: Horror Film and the Queer Spectator</i> In this thorough and thoughtful examination of the material and semiotic qualities of 'she-monsters,' Nicole C. Dittmer puts little-known texts by writers such as Reynolds, MacDonald, and Rymer in conversation with the works of Mary Elizabeth Braddon and the Brontes in order to explore how women act as nature's partners in reclaiming their agency and instincts from Victorian patriarchal oppression. Adopting a Spinozan, monistic, eco-Gothic framework in its analysis of the role and representation of psychosomatic agency, Dittmer's Monstrous Women charts productive and provocative new territory for literary and cultural study of the Gothic. -- Harriet Hustis, The College of New Jersey Author InformationNicole C. Dittmer is lecturer at The College of New Jersey and proofreader/editorial board member at Studies in Gothic Fiction. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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