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Houses, Secrets, and the Closet Locating Masculinities from the Gothic Novel to Henry James Gero Bauer
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bauer, Gero <p>Gero Bauer, Universität Tübingen, Deutschland</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Lettre
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature.
- Gender.
- Queer.
- Masculinity.
- Homosexuality.
- Gothic Novel.
- Sensation Novel.
- Henry James.
- Literary Studies.
- British Studies.
- American Studies.
- Gender Studies.
- Cultural Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Literature.
- Gender.
- Queer.
- Masculinity.
- Homosexuality.
- Gothic Novel.
- Sensation Novel.
- Henry James.
- Literary Studies.
- British Studies.
- American Studies.
- Gender Studies.
- Cultural Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Bauer, Houses, Secrets, and the Closet Locating Masculinities from the Gothic Novel to Henry James
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2016
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Gero Bauer (Dr. phil.) teaches English Literature and Cultural Studies, and is the managing director of the Center for Gender and Diversity Research at the Universität Tübingen.
- Summary:
- »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 Elizabeth Braddon, Wilkie Collins, and Henry James. The study approaches these texts through the lens of domestic space, gender, knowledge, and power. This approach serves to investigate the cultural roots of the ›closet‹ – the male homosexual secret – which reveals a more general notion of male secrecy in modern society. The study thus contributes to a better understanding of the cultural history of masculinities and sexualities.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Preface 7 Introduction 9 Bluebeard's 'Closet:' Gothic Novels 45 The Contested Secret Room: Sensation Novels 101 Globalising the 'Closet:' Henry James 165 Coda 213 Works Cited 223
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 http://www.transcript-verlag.de/open-access-bei-transcript
- ISBN:
- 9783839434680
- 3839434688
- OCLC:
- 1002252811
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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