| Description |
xviii, 226 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Myth of the rise and fall of the heroine: ch. 1. Language of domestic violence -- ch. 2. Guarding the gates to the female mind -- ch. 3. Milton's progeny -- pt. 2. Insider narratives: ch. 4. Otranto feminized: Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve, Sophia Lee -- ch. 5. Radical terror: Charlotte Smith, Mary Wollstonecraft -- ch. 6. "Kidnapped romance" in Ann Radcliffe -- pt. 3. Outsider narratives: ch. 7. Outsider's revenge: Matthew Gregory Lewis -- ch. 8. Men as they are: William Godwin -- ch. 9. Self under siege: Charles Robert Maturin -- pt. 4. Revoking the boundaries: ch. 10. Mary Shelley's embattled garden -- Epilogue: Emily Brontë and the technology of self. |
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Horror tales, English -- History and criticism.
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Horror tales, English. |
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Domestic fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Domestic fiction, English. |
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Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Feminist fiction, English. |
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Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain.
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Gothic revival (Literature) |
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Great Britain. |
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Women -- Books and reading -- Great Britain.
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Women -- Books and reading. |
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Feminism and literature -- Great Britain.
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Feminism and literature. |
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Social norms in literature.
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Social norms in literature. |
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Dissenters in literature.
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Dissenters in literature. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Home in literature.
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Home in literature. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| ISBN |
0252060482 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780252060489 paperback alkaline paper |
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0252015940 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780252015946 hardcover alkaline paper |
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