Contemporary women's Gothic fiction : carnival, hauntings and vampire kisses /: carnival, hauntings and vampire kisses. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gina Wisker.
• Authors: Wisker, Gina
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Ubiquitous Contemporary Gothic; Contemporary Women's Gothic: Convention and€Haunting; Pivotal Moments in€Criticism; Pivotal Moments: Fictional Texts: Rebecca (1938), Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) and€The Magic Toyshop (1967); Gothic Horror; History Revisited; Shape of€the€Book; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Angela Carter: Living in€Gothic Times; 'The Lady of€the€House of€Love' (1979) and€'The Loves of€Lady Purple' (1974): Turning the€Tables on€Women of€the€Gothic; The Magic Toyshop (1967); De Sade and€'The Bloody Chamber' (1979). The Bloody Chamber (1979)Nights at the€Circus (1987); Conclusions: Angela Carter and€the€Literary Gothic; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Margaret Atwood and€Canadian Women's Gothic-Spite, Lies, Split Selves and€Self-Deception; Canadian Gothic and€Alice Munro; Margaret Atwood; Romantic Gothic Uncloaked: Lady Oracle (1976), Alias Grace (1996), Cat's Eye (1988), The Robber Bride (1993); Lady Oracle (1976); The Robber Bride (1993): Ghost Tale-Return from€the€Dead; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Cultural Haunting: Toni Morrison and€Tananarive Due; Haunted and€Haunting; Home (2012). Tananarive Due, Joplin's Ghost (2006) Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Postcolonial and Cultural Haunting Revenants-Letting the 'Right' Ones in; Mad Women: Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys (1966); Crocodiles and Shape-Shifters: Beth Yahp, The Crocodile Fury (1992); Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Testing the Fabric of Bluebeard's Castle: Postcolonial Reconfigurations, Demythologising, Re-Mythologising and Shape-Shifting; Bluebeard and His House Reshaped; Zombies and Myal, Erna Brodber (1988); Nalo Hopkinson: Dismantling 'Massa's House' Shani Mootoo: Hothouse Flowers and Shapeshifting-Cereus Blooms at Night (1996)Helen Oyeyemi, Mr Fox (2011); Postcolonial Feminism Revisited; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Vampire Bites; History-Vampire Women; Demon Lovers-Romantic Love, Vampires and€Escape; Revamping the€Vampire; Rock'n' Roll Vampire Transients-Critical Comment; Interviewing Vampires-Anne Rice; Lesbian Gothic and€Lesbian Vampires; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 8: Vampire Kisses; Vampire Romance, YA Fiction and€Mash-Ups; Twilight for€Vampires; Respectability-Tananarive Due's African Vampires. Neighborhood Vampire GothicThe Edges of€England: Seaside Towns and€Vampire Sisterhood: Moira Buffini's A Vampire Story (2008) and€Byzantium (2013); Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2013); Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 9: Ghostings and€Hauntings: Splintering the€Fabric of€Domestic Gothic; The Woman in€Black (1983)-Susan Hill; Post-War Ghosts: Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger (2009) and€Helen Dunmore, The Greatcoat (2012); The Greatcoat (2012)-Helen Dunmore; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 10: Opening the€Gates to€Darkness: Gothic Diversity; Everyday Gothic Horror.
• Publisher Details: London, England : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (273 pages)
• Subjects: 823.0872909; Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English -- History and criticism; Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Composition & Creative Writing; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Social Science -- Feminism & Feminist Theory; Film theory & criticism; Literary studies: post-colonial literature; Creative writing & creative writing guides; Gender studies, gender groups; Feminism & feminist theory; Film genres; Motion pictures; Literature ; Creative writing; Sociology; Feminist theory; Film: styles & genres; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137303493; 1137303492
• Related ISBNs: 9781137303486
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 16, 2016).
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