Women and Domestic Space in Contemporary Gothic Narratives : The House as Subject / by A. Soon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ng, Andrew Hock Soon., Author.

Series:

Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies, 2634-5188

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex.

Literature.

Literature, Modern--20th century.

Literature, Modern.

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

Television broadcasting.

Literature, Modern--18th century.

Gender Studies.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Film and TV History.

Film and Television Studies.

Eighteenth-Century Literature.

Local Subjects:

Gender Studies.

Literature.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Film and TV History.

Film and Television Studies.

Eighteenth-Century Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moving away from traditional studies of Gothic domesticity based on symbolism, Soon instead focuses on domestic space's material presence and the traces it leaves on the human subjects inhabiting it. Approaching novels and films such as Beloved and The Exorcist , this study intersects psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and various spatial theories.

Contents:

Introduction: the subject of the house in gothic narratives

Housing treachery. Angela Carter's The magic toyshop and love

Housing the unspeakable. Valerie Martin's Property and Toni Morrison's Beloved

Housing secret selves. William Friedkin's The exorcist and Roman Polanski's Repulsion

Housing melancholia. Alejandro Amenábar's The others and Juan A. Bayona's The orphanage

Conclusion: housing redemption. Janice Galloway's The trick is to keep breathing and Alison Bechdel's Fun home.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9781137532916

1137532912