{"product_id":"9783030304751","title":"Gender, the New Woman, and the Monster","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGender, the New Woman, and the Monster\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMacaluso, Elizabeth D.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book views late Victorian femininity, the New Woman, and gender through literary representations of the figure of the monster, an appendage to the New Woman. The monster, an aberrant occurrence, performs Brecht’s “alienation effect,” making strange the world that she inhabits, thereby drawing veiled conclusions about the New Woman and gender at the end of the \u003ci\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/i\u003e. The monster reveals that New Women loved one another complexly, not just as “friend” or “lover,” but \u003ci\u003eboth\u003c\/i\u003e “friend” \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e “lover.” The monster, like the \u003ci\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/i\u003e British populace, mocked the New Woman’s modernity. She was paradoxically viewed as a threat to society and as a role model for women to follow. The tragic suicides of “monstrous” New Women of color suggest that many \u003ci\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/i\u003e authors, especially female authors, thought that these women should be included in society, not banished to its limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book, the first on the relationship between the figure of the monster and the New Woman, argues that there is hidden complexity to the New Woman. Her sexuality was complicated and could move between categories of sexuality and friendship for late Victorian women, and the way that the \u003ci\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/i\u003e populace viewed her was just as multifarious. Further, the narratives of her tragedies ironically became narratives that advocated for her survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-11-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030304751\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-30476-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 110\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47527752892556,"sku":"9783030304751","price":76.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030304751.jpg?v=1776040359","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030304751","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}