Neo-Victorian Cannibalism

A Theory of Contemporary Adaptations

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

This Pivot examines a body of contemporary neo-Victorian novels whose uneasy relationship with the past can be theorised in terms of aggressive eating, including cannibalism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-02-22
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:328 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:150
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030025588

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho is Associate Professor of English, Hong Kong Baptist University. She is the founding co-editor of the Hong Kong-based international publication, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, and an editor of Hong Kong Studies, the first peer-reviewed journal devoted to Hong Kong.

Recensioner i media

“Neo-Victorian Cannibalism is … an appreciated and extremely well-researched new take on neo-Victorian literature, which might be of use for anyonestudying neo-Victorian fiction, adaptation theory, or any of the novels analyzed in the book.” (Krisztina Jilling, Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, Vol. 26 (2), 2020)

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter One: Introduction: Neo-Victorian Cannibalism.- Chapter Two: Contesting (Post-)colonialism: Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea and Three Neo-Victorian Rejoinders.- Chapter Three: Dickens the Cannibal Cannibalised.- Chapter Four: Stoker and Neo-Draculas.- Chapter Five: Coda: Victorian Memes.