The Female Gothic * Feminist Critical Theory
THE FEMALE GOTHIC & FEMINIST CRITICAL THEORY
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What is the Female Gothic? It sounds like it should be a fairly easily answered question, and indeed the attempt has been made and refuted upon the past and current stage of the literary world. What we do know is that it participates in the Gothic genre, described [...]
Pamela – Shamela: veiled vice and vagrant vereisimilitude
Straight out of the starting gates Henry Fielding’s “Shamela” is a satire at every turn. Before he even makes it off the title page Fielding’s prey’s upon his first victim, parodying “An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews” (under the name Conny Keyber) with Colley Cibber’s autobiography “An Apology for the Life of [...]
Posted at 4:47 pm on November 11, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Eng 3205 | Tagged: satire | read on
