{"product_id":"gothic-incest-gender-sexuality-and-transgression-paperback","title":"Gothic Incest: Gender, Sexuality and Transgression - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJenny Diplacidi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenges dominant accounts of gender and sexuality in Gothic literature by demonstrating the complexities of the incest thematic through interdisciplinary readings of incest in texts from 1764-1847.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGothic incest \u003c\/i\u003eprovides the first book-length study of incest in the genre. It challenges dominant critical accounts about gender and sexuality in Gothic literature of the eighteenth century and the Romantic period by revealing the complexities of the pervasive, yet largely neglected, incest thematic. DiPlacidi argues that Gothic writers negotiated, resisted and reimagined the power structures of their contemporary society through permutations of desire between kin. Interdisciplinary analyses of texts from 1764 to 1847 by authors including Emily Brontë, Eliza Parsons, Ann Radcliffe and Eleanor Sleath are underpinned by explorations of their cultural, historical, literary and social contexts. Breaking with the scholarly tendency to focus most intently on violent incest within a Female Gothic or its Male Gothic counterpart, \u003ci\u003eGothic incest \u003c\/i\u003eis structured around readings of incest within father-daughter, sibling, mother-son, cousin and uncle-niece bonds, and the sexual, social and legal anxieties articulated therein. It shows that writers of the Gothic took up the theme of incest to explore the consequences of the laws of coverture and primogeniture; abuses of institutionalised power; the elasticity of definitions of the family; and women's cultural and legal subjugation to male authority. DiPlacidi reveals that through representations of incestuous desires, Gothic writers modelled alternative agencies, sexualities and family structures that are as important today as they were to the writers of the Gothic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGothic incest provides the first book-length study of incest in the genre. It challenges dominant critical accounts about gender and sexuality in Gothic literature of the eighteenth century and the Romantic period by revealing the complexities of the pervasive, yet largely neglected, incest thematic. DiPlacidi argues that Gothic writers negotiated, resisted and reimagined the power structures of their contemporary society through permutations of desire between kin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Interdisciplinary analyses of texts from 1764 to 1847 by authors including Emily Brontë, Eliza Parsons, Ann Radcliffe and Eleanor Sleath are underpinned by explorations of their cultural, historical, literary and social contexts. Breaking with the scholarly tendency to focus most intently on violent incest within a Female Gothic or its Male Gothic counterpart, Gothic incest is structured around readings of incest within father-daughter, sibling, mother-son, cousin and uncle-niece bonds, and the sexual, social and legal anxieties articulated therein. It shows that writers of the Gothic took up the theme of incest to explore the consequences of the laws of coverture and primogeniture; abuses of institutionalised power; the elasticity of definitions of the family; and women's cultural and legal subjugation to male authority. DiPlacidi reveals that through representations of incestuous desires, Gothic writers modelled alternative agencies, sexualities and family structures that are as important today as they were to the writers of the Gothic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJenny DiPlacidi is Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Studies and Romanticism at the University of Kent\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703572394291,"sku":"9781526148117","price":71.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UWNvY25JemxSQXdhUzBYUmxaSFUvUT09.webp?v=1763330417","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/gothic-incest-gender-sexuality-and-transgression-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}