Degeneration, normativity and the gothic at the fin de siècle
Auteur :
Karschay, S.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349496990
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2015
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This exciting new study looks at degeneration and deviance in nineteenth-century science and late-Victorian Gothic fiction. The questions it raises are as relevant today as they were at the nineteenth century's fin de siecle: What constitutes the norm from which a deviation has occurred? What exactly does it mean to be 'normal' or 'abnormal'?