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Decadent daughters and monstrous mothers : Angela Carter and European gothic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Munford, Rebecca, 1975-
- Series:
- Manchester Gothic (Manchester, England).
- Manchester Gothic
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carter, Angela, 1940-1992--Criticism and interpretation.
- Carter, Angela.
- Women and literature--England--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- European fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- European fiction.
- Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain.
- Gothic revival (Literature).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages) : digital, PDF file.
- Edition:
- Paperback edition first published 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- Decadent daughters and monstrous mothers interrogates Angela Carter's feminist politics through the lens of European Gothic. It illuminates her ambivalent relation to her European literary forebears, reveals her rich knowledge of French literature and offers fresh insights into her literary practices afforded by newly available archival material.
- Contents:
- Sleeping Beauty and the Sadeian Gothic
- Poe, Baudelaire and the decomposing muse
- Dolls, dreams and mad queens
- Daddy's girls and the Gothic fiction of maternity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781526103451
- 1526103451
- 9781526103444
- 1526103443
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