Neo-Victorian Cannibalism

A Theory of Contemporary Adaptations

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Palgrave Pivot


Paru le : 2019-02-04



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This Pivot examines a body of contemporary neo-Victorian novels whose uneasy relationship with the past can be theorised in terms of aggressive eating, including cannibalism. Not only is the imagery of eating repeatedly used by critics to comprehend neo-Victorian literature, the theme of cannibalism itself also appears overtly or implicitly in a number of the novels and their Victorian prototypes, thereby mirroring the cannibalistic relationship between the contemporary and the Victorian. Tammy Lai-Ming Ho argues that aggressive eating or cannibalism can be seen as a pathological and defining characteristic of neo-Victorian fiction, demonstrating how cannibalism provides a framework for understanding the genre’s origin, its conflicted, ambivalent and violent relationship with its Victorian predecessors and the grotesque and gothic effects that it generates in its fiction.

Pages
150 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2019-02-04
Marque
Palgrave Pivot
EAN papier
9783030025588
EAN PDF
9783030025595

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Nombre pages imprimables
15
Taille du fichier
1925 Ko
Prix
58,01 €
EAN EPUB
9783030025595

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Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
15
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348 Ko
Prix
58,01 €

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