Rethinking the Monstrous : Transgression, Vulnerability, and Difference in British Fiction Since 1967.

By:

Byatt, Jim

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780739195024

Subject(s):

English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rethinking the MonstrousDDC classification:

823/.91409355

LOC classification:

PR888.O84B93 2015

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Disability -- 2 Incest -- 3 Pedophilia -- 4 Dying -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: Rethinking the Monstrous considers the remaindered other in contemporary British society and the representation of that other in British fiction since 1967. By examining a diverse range of texts that address an equally diverse range of identities, this book addresses the questions of what otherness means in contemporary society, how it manifests and manages itself, and how the fiction of the period addresses the social anomaly. This book's focus lies with novels that engage with those figures who have remained socially excluded, including the criminally transgressive and the culturally stigmatized, in an attempt to demonstrate a continuity of resistance to a diverse range of tabooed and monstrous identities.

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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Disability -- 2 Incest -- 3 Pedophilia -- 4 Dying -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Rethinking the Monstrous considers the remaindered other in contemporary British society and the representation of that other in British fiction since 1967. By examining a diverse range of texts that address an equally diverse range of identities, this book addresses the questions of what otherness means in contemporary society, how it manifests and manages itself, and how the fiction of the period addresses the social anomaly. This book's focus lies with novels that engage with those figures who have remained socially excluded, including the criminally transgressive and the culturally stigmatized, in an attempt to demonstrate a continuity of resistance to a diverse range of tabooed and monstrous identities.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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