Houses, Secrets, and the Closet

Locating Masculinities from the Gothic Novel to Henry James

DOI: 10.14361/9783839434680

Bauer, Gero

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»Houses, Secrets, and the Closet« investigates the literary production of masculinities and their relation to secrets and sexualities in 18th and 19th century fiction. It focusses on close readings of Gothic fiction, Sensation Novels, and tales by Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Wilkie Collins, and Henry James. The study approaches these texts through the lens of domestic space, gender, knowledge, and power. This approach serves to investigate the cultural roots of the ›closet‹ – the male homosexual secret – which reveals a more general notion of male secrecy in modern society. The study thus contributes to a better understanding of the cultural history of masculinities and sexualities.

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- Contents
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- Preface
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- Introduction
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- Bluebeard's 'Closet:' Gothic Novels
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- The Contested Secret Room: Sensation Novels
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- Globalising the 'Closet:' Henry James
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eISBN PDF: 978-3-8394-3468-0
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Seitenumfang: 234
BIC-Code: DSB JFSJ
BISAC-Code: LIT004120 LIT004020 SOC032000
THEMA: DSB JBSF

Creative Commons Lizenz: cc-by-nc-nd
Verlag: transcript Verlag
Schlagworte: Literature, Gender, Queer, Masculinity, Homosexuality, Gothic Novel, Sensation Novel, Henry James, Literary Studies, British Studies, American Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies,

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