The Resource Gender and the Gothic in the fiction of Edith Wharton, Kathy A. Fedorko
Gender and the Gothic in the fiction of Edith Wharton, Kathy A. Fedorko
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- Summary
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- Using feminist archetypal theory and theory of the female Gothic, Fedorko shows how, in sixteen short stories and six major novels written during four distinct periods of her life, Wharton adopts and adapts Gothic elements as a way to explore the nature of feminine and masculine ways of knowing and being and to dramatize the tension between them. A distinction in her use of the form is that she has both women and men engage in a process of individuation during which they confront the abyss, the threatening and disorienting feminine/maternal. Wharton deconstructs traditional Gothic villains and victims by encouraging the reader to identify with those characters who are willing to assimilate this confrontation with the feminine/maternal into their sense of themselves as women and men. In the novels with Gothic texts Wharton draws multiple parallels between male and female protagonists, indicating the commonalities between women and men and the potential for a fe/male self
- Eventually, in her last completed novel and her last short story, Wharton imagines human beings who are comfortable with both gender selves. Fedorko's study challenges existing views of the nature of Wharton's realism as well as the nature and importance of her fiction that defies that categorization. It provides a provocative approach to Wharton's handling of and response to gender and complicates current assumptions about her response to the feminine and the maternal
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages)
- Contents
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- 1. The Gothic Text: Life and Art
- 2. Fearing the Feminine
- 3. Confronting the Limits of Reason
- 4. Reclaiming the Feminine
- 5. Surviving the Abyss and Revising Gender Roles
- Isbn
- 9780817391843
- Label
- Gender and the Gothic in the fiction of Edith Wharton
- Title
- Gender and the Gothic in the fiction of Edith Wharton
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathy A. Fedorko
- Subject
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- Femininity in literature
- Femininity in literature
- Femmes -- Psychologie | Dans la littérature
- Femmes et littérature -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Féminité (psychologie) dans la littérature
- Gender identity in literature
- Gender identity in literature
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American -- History and criticism
- Gothic novel
- History
- Hommes -- Psychologie | Dans la littérature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Letterkunde
- Man-woman relationships in literature
- Man-woman relationships in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinité (psychologie) -- Dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Relations hommes femmes dans la litterature
- Roman
- Roman gothique -- États-Unis
- Sekseverschillen
- Sex role in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Sexisme -- Dans la littérature
- United States
- Verenigde Staten
- Wharton, Edith
- Wharton, Edith, (1862-1937) -- Critique et interprétation
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- United States -- History
- Psychological fiction, American
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Using feminist archetypal theory and theory of the female Gothic, Fedorko shows how, in sixteen short stories and six major novels written during four distinct periods of her life, Wharton adopts and adapts Gothic elements as a way to explore the nature of feminine and masculine ways of knowing and being and to dramatize the tension between them. A distinction in her use of the form is that she has both women and men engage in a process of individuation during which they confront the abyss, the threatening and disorienting feminine/maternal. Wharton deconstructs traditional Gothic villains and victims by encouraging the reader to identify with those characters who are willing to assimilate this confrontation with the feminine/maternal into their sense of themselves as women and men. In the novels with Gothic texts Wharton draws multiple parallels between male and female protagonists, indicating the commonalities between women and men and the potential for a fe/male self
- Eventually, in her last completed novel and her last short story, Wharton imagines human beings who are comfortable with both gender selves. Fedorko's study challenges existing views of the nature of Wharton's realism as well as the nature and importance of her fiction that defies that categorization. It provides a provocative approach to Wharton's handling of and response to gender and complicates current assumptions about her response to the feminine and the maternal
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fedorko, Kathy A.
- Dewey number
- 813/.52
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3545.H16
- LC item number
- Z647 1995
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wharton, Edith
- Psychological fiction, American
- Women and literature
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American
- Masculinity in literature
- Femininity in literature
- Man-woman relationships in literature
- Gender identity in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Wharton, Edith
- Wharton, Edith
- Wharton, Edith
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Femininity in literature
- Gender identity in literature
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American
- Man-woman relationships in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- Psychological fiction, American
- Sex role in literature
- Women and literature
- United States
- Gothic novel
- Sekseverschillen
- Verenigde Staten
- Letterkunde
- Masculinité (psychologie)
- Féminité (psychologie) dans la littérature
- Femmes et littérature
- Sexisme
- Roman gothique
- Relations hommes femmes dans la litterature
- Hommes
- Femmes
- Roman
- Label
- Gender and the Gothic in the fiction of Edith Wharton, Kathy A. Fedorko
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Gothic Text: Life and Art -- 2. Fearing the Feminine -- 3. Confronting the Limits of Reason -- 4. Reclaiming the Feminine -- 5. Surviving the Abyss and Revising Gender Roles
- Control code
- 624453448
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780817391843
- Level of compression
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- lossless
- lossy
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Reformatting quality
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- preservation
- access
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)624453448
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Gender and the Gothic in the fiction of Edith Wharton, Kathy A. Fedorko
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Gothic Text: Life and Art -- 2. Fearing the Feminine -- 3. Confronting the Limits of Reason -- 4. Reclaiming the Feminine -- 5. Surviving the Abyss and Revising Gender Roles
- Control code
- 624453448
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780817391843
- Level of compression
-
- lossless
- lossy
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reformatting quality
-
- preservation
- access
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)624453448
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Femininity in literature
- Femininity in literature
- Femmes -- Psychologie | Dans la littérature
- Femmes et littérature -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Féminité (psychologie) dans la littérature
- Gender identity in literature
- Gender identity in literature
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American -- History and criticism
- Gothic novel
- History
- Hommes -- Psychologie | Dans la littérature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Letterkunde
- Man-woman relationships in literature
- Man-woman relationships in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinity in literature
- Masculinité (psychologie) -- Dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Relations hommes femmes dans la litterature
- Roman
- Roman gothique -- États-Unis
- Sekseverschillen
- Sex role in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Sexisme -- Dans la littérature
- United States
- Verenigde Staten
- Wharton, Edith
- Wharton, Edith, (1862-1937) -- Critique et interprétation
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- United States -- History
- Psychological fiction, American
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