Challenges dominant accounts of gender and sexuality in Gothic literature by demonstrating the complexities of the incest thematic through interdisciplinary readings of incest in texts from 1764-1847.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: disrupting the critical genealogy of the Gothic
1 'Unimaginable sensations': father-daughter incest and the economics of exchange
2 'My more than sister': reexamining paradigms of sibling incest
3 Uncles and nieces: thefts, violence and sexual threats
4 More than just kissing: cousins and the changing status of family
5 Queer mothers: female sexual agency and male victims
Conclusion: Incest and beyond
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