Approaches to Teaching Gothic Fiction : The British and American Traditions

Hoeveler, Diane Long (EDT); Heller, Tamar (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0873529073 / ISBN 13: 9780873529075

Published by Modern Language Association of America, 2003

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Synopsis:

This resource for educators describes various approaches for teaching Gothic fiction. The volume opens with reviews of available editions, anthologies, reference works, background sources, critical studies, films, and Web sites. The second section contains 28 essays examining the genre's connections to history, philosophy, feminism, and social criticism and exploring common themes, such as entrapped heroines and animated corpses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author:

Diane Long Hoeveler is professor of English and coordinator of the Women's Studies Program at Marquette University. She is author of Romantic Androgyny, Gothic Feminism, coauthor with Lisa Jadwin of Charlotte Brontė, and coeditor with Beth Lau of the MLA volume Approaches to Teaching Jane Eyre. She is past president of the International Conference of Romanticism. Tamar Heller is assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati, assistant editor of Victorian Literature and Culture, and author of Dead Secrets: Wilkie Collins and the Female Gothic and articles on Charlotte Brontė, Oliphant, Le Fanu, and Wharton. She has edited with Patricia Moran the essay collection Scenes of the Apple: Food and the Female Body in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Women's Writing

Bibliographic Details

Title: Approaches to Teaching Gothic Fiction : The ...
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New