Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels

Magister Artium === The purpose of this dissertation is to chart the development of an ambivalent female identity in the Gothic genre, as exemplified by Ann Radcliffe's late eighteenth century fictions. The thesis examines the social and literary context of the emergence of the Gothic in Englis...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davids, Courtney Laurey
Other Authors: Wittenberg, Hermann
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2014
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2800
id ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uwc-oai-etd.uwc.ac.za-11394-2800
record_format oai_dc
spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uwc-oai-etd.uwc.ac.za-11394-28002017-08-02T04:00:13Z Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels Davids, Courtney Laurey Wittenberg, Hermann Dept. of English Gothic literature Ann Radcliffe The mysteries of Udolpho Female identity Romanticism Domestic space Surveillance Sensibility The sublime Landscape Magister Artium The purpose of this dissertation is to chart the development of an ambivalent female identity in the Gothic genre, as exemplified by Ann Radcliffe's late eighteenth century fictions. The thesis examines the social and literary context of the emergence of the Gothic in English literature and argues that it is intimately tied up with changes in social, political and gender relations in the period. South Africa 2014-02-07T14:11:30Z 2010/02/16 01:04 2010/02/16 2014-02-07T14:11:30Z 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2800 en University of the Western Cape University of the Western Cape
collection NDLTD
language en
sources NDLTD
topic Gothic literature
Ann Radcliffe
The mysteries of Udolpho
Female identity
Romanticism
Domestic space
Surveillance
Sensibility
The sublime
Landscape
spellingShingle Gothic literature
Ann Radcliffe
The mysteries of Udolpho
Female identity
Romanticism
Domestic space
Surveillance
Sensibility
The sublime
Landscape
Davids, Courtney Laurey
Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels
description Magister Artium === The purpose of this dissertation is to chart the development of an ambivalent female identity in the Gothic genre, as exemplified by Ann Radcliffe's late eighteenth century fictions. The thesis examines the social and literary context of the emergence of the Gothic in English literature and argues that it is intimately tied up with changes in social, political and gender relations in the period. === South Africa
author2 Wittenberg, Hermann
author_facet Wittenberg, Hermann
Davids, Courtney Laurey
author Davids, Courtney Laurey
author_sort Davids, Courtney Laurey
title Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels
title_short Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels
title_full Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels
title_fullStr Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels
title_full_unstemmed Female identity and landscape in Ann Radcliffe's Gothic Novels
title_sort female identity and landscape in ann radcliffe's gothic novels
publisher University of the Western Cape
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2800
work_keys_str_mv AT davidscourtneylaurey femaleidentityandlandscapeinannradcliffesgothicnovels
_version_ 1718510485725249536