The queer uncanny

The queer uncanny: new perspectives on the gothic

by Palmer, Paulina

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The Queer Uncanny: New perspectives on the Gothic investigates the roles played by the concept of the uncanny, as defined by Sigmund Freud and other theorists, in the representation of lesbian and male gay sexualities and transgender in a selection of contemporary British, American and Caribbean fiction published 1980-2007. Novels by Christopher Bram, Philip Hensher, Alan Hollingurst, Randall Kenan, Shani Mootoo, Sarah Schulman, Ali Smith, Sarah Waters, Jeanette Winterson and other writers rece…

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  • Full title :The queer uncanny : new perspectives on the gothic / Paulina Palmer.

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The Queer Uncanny: New perspectives on the Gothic investigates the roles played by the concept of the uncanny, as defined by Sigmund Freud and other theorists, in the representation of lesbian and male gay sexualities and transgender in a selection of contemporary British, American and Caribbean fiction published 1980-2007. Novels by Christopher Bram, Philip Hensher, Alan Hollingurst, Randall Kenan, Shani Mootoo, Sarah Schulman, Ali Smith, Sarah Waters, Jeanette Winterson and other writers receive analysis in the context of queer theory and gothic critical writing. Topics discussed include secrets and their disclosure, queer spectrality, the homely/unhomely house, the grotesque, lesbian social invisibility, transgender doubles, and the intersection between sexuality and race.

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  • Publication Date:2012.

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  • Description:1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780708324608, 0708324606, 0708324584, 9780708324585, 9781783164912, 1783164913, 1299201121, 9781299201125
  • oclc:ocn780302231
  • LC Classification:PR756.U5
  • Dewey Decimal:823.009352664

Table of Contents

Introduction: Queering the uncanny -- Secrets and their disclosure -- Queer spectrality -- Place and space -- Monstrous others.

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Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Das @Unheimliche Englisch English fiction English fiction -- History and criticis… English fiction -- History and criticis… Gays in literature Gothic novel Homosexualität Homosexuels dans la littérature Inquiétante étrangeté (Psychanalyse) da… LITERARY CRITICISM -- European LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gothic & Romance Roman anglais -- Histoire et critique -… Roman anglais -- Histoire et critique. … Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis), in liter…

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Palmer, Paulina

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