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Gothic incest : gender, sexuality and transgression /

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The first full-length study of incest in the Gothic genre, this book argues that Gothic writers resisted the power structures of their society through incestuous desires. It provides interdisciplinary readings of incest within father-daughter, sibling, mother-son, cousin and uncle-niece relationship...

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Main Author:	DiPlacidi, Jenny (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English > History and criticism. English literature > 18th century > History and criticism. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Incest in literature. English literature. Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General. Literature and literary studies. Literature: history and criticism. 1700-1899 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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