Nicole C. Dittmer offers a reimagining of the popular Gothic figure of female "monsters" in early-to-mid-Victorian literature, from 1837 to 1871. Regardless of the extensive scholarship concerning monstrosities, the pre-fin-de-si�cle gothic figurations has often been neglected by critical studies or interpreted as a result of Cartesian dualism. This Western thought fragments women into mind and body segments while creating a division between culture and nature. In Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic, ...
Read More
Nicole C. Dittmer offers a reimagining of the popular Gothic figure of female "monsters" in early-to-mid-Victorian literature, from 1837 to 1871. Regardless of the extensive scholarship concerning monstrosities, the pre-fin-de-si�cle gothic figurations has often been neglected by critical studies or interpreted as a result of Cartesian dualism. This Western thought fragments women into mind and body segments while creating a division between culture and nature. In Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic, the author uses monism to delineate from and contest this dualism, unifying the material and immaterial aspects of fictional women and blurring the distinction between nature and culture. Blending intertextual disciplines as neurology, ecofeminism, psychology, biology, and literature, this monograph exposes female monstrosities as material and semiotic figurations. As monsters, women in the Victorian Gothic are informed by the entanglement of both immaterial discourses and material conditions. When repressed by social customs, most notably the reduction of female behavior to biological reproductivity, the monistic mind-body of the material-semiotic female figure reacts to and disrupts the processes of ontology, transforming women into "wild" and "monstrous" (re)presentations.
Read Less
Add this copy of Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic to cart. $94.69, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2022 by Lexington Books.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic to cart. $97.23, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2022 by Lexington Books.
Add this copy of Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic to cart. $101.21, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2022 by Lexington Books.
Add this copy of Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic to cart. $124.66, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2022 by Lexington Books.
Add this copy of Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic to cart. $100.61, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop International rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2022 by Lexington Books.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic to cart. $127.10, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Lexington Books.
Add this copy of Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic to cart. $111.99, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2022 by Lexington Books.
Add this copy of Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic to cart. $200.04, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2022 by Lexington Books.
