Lady Audley’s Sphinxian Mystery?

• Authors: Adriana Raducanu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present study is based on the analysis of the themes of madness and monstrosity, depicted through the female character, in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s well-known Lady Audley’s Secret. It discusses the elusive nature of madness and monstrosity that may be perceived as attributes of reader, writer and characters alike; it also considers the possibility of ‘madness’ as subversive survival strategy and/or escape from narrow patriarchal, political, social and cultural confines

Keywords

EN

gender; Gothic; madness; patriarchy; strategy; womanhood

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 323-336

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-08

Contributors

author

Adriana Raducanu

• Yeditepe University, 26 Agustos Yerlesimi, Kayisdagi Cad. 34755, Atasehir/ Istanbul, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10320-012-0049-y