Disruptive women of literature : rooting for the antiheroine /
This book critically examines the literary antiheroine in contemporary Gothic and crime-thriller novels. Gardner explores a broad range of texts to understand the antiheroine's fluidity, her liminal and abject existence and what these suggest about cultural anxieties surrounding transgressive w...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2024].
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| Summary: | This book critically examines the literary antiheroine in contemporary Gothic and crime-thriller novels. Gardner explores a broad range of texts to understand the antiheroine's fluidity, her liminal and abject existence and what these suggest about cultural anxieties surrounding transgressive women. |
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| Item Description: | Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral)--Deakin University, 2021. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 227 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781666951448 1666951447 |