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Contemporary Women's Gothic Fiction

Carnival, Hauntings and Vampire Kisses. Palgrave Gothic

By (author) Gina Wisker
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Published: 14th Nov 2016
Dimensions: w 148mm h 210mm d 17mm
Weight: 487g
ISBN-10: 1137303484
ISBN-13: 9781137303486
Barcode No: 9781137303486
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This book revives and revitalises the literary Gothic in the hands of contemporary women writers. It makes a scholarly, lively and convincing case that the Gothic makes horror respectable, and establishes contemporary women's Gothic fictions in and against traditional Gothic. The book provides new, engaging perspectives on established contemporary women Gothic writers, with a particular focus on Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood and Toni Morrison. It explores how the Gothic is malleable in their hands and is used to demythologise oppressions based on difference in gender and ethnicity. The study presents new Gothic work and new nuances, critiques of dangerous complacency and radical questionings of what is safe and conformist in works as diverse as Twilight (Stephenie Meyer) and A Girl Walks Home Alone (Ana Lily Amirpur), as well as by Anne Rice and Poppy Brite. It also introduces and critically explores postcolonial, vampire and neohistorical Gothic and women's ghost stories.

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"This study offers an incredibly comprehensive and detailed analysis of contemporary women's Gothic fiction. Wisker's ability to categorise the various strains of contemporary women's writing into their relevant Gothic subgenres creates an orderly and fascinating catalogue of research that is not only beneficial to scholars working in such areas but also a true delight to read!" (Donna Mitchell, The Gothic Imagination, February, 2017)