Smith Victorian demons

Medicine, masculinity, and the Gothic at the fin-de-siècle
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2557-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

'Victorian demons' explores how a crisis in masculinity was represented in literary, medical, legal and sociological contexts at the fin-de-siècle. It makes a significant contribution to scholarship on the Gothic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1 Degeneration, masculinity, nationhood and the Gothic
Chapter 2 Pathologising the Gothic: The Elephant Man, the hysteric, the Indian and the doctor
Chapter 3 The Whitechapel murders: Journalism, Gothic London, and the medical gaze
Chapter 4 Reading syphilis: The politics of disease
Chapter 5 Displacing masculinity: Sherlock Holmes, Count Dracula, and London
Chapter 6 Performing masculinity: Wilde's art
Conclusion
Biblography

Über Autor(innen)

Smith Andrew:
Andrew Smith is Professor of English Studies at the University of Glamorgan where he is Co-Director of the Research Centre for Literature, Arts and Science (RCLAS)Andrew Smith is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan