Miss Milner's Return from the Crypt: Mourning in Elizabeth Inchbald'sA Simple Story
| Autor: | Michelle O'connell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Cultural Studies
Literature History Psychoanalysis Literature and Literary Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Character (symbol) Art Reading (process) Masculinity Grief Sensibility Performance art business Sophistication media_common Simple (philosophy) |
| Zdroj: | Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 35:567-580 |
| ISSN: | 1754-0194 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1754-0208.2011.00455.x |
| Popis: | This article argues that focusing more closely on the character of Elmwood in Elizabeth Inchbald's A Simple Story, particularly in volumes III and IV, offers new insights into the novel and demonstrates great sophistication on Inchbald's part in the creation of this figure. The article discloses Inchbald's complex exploration of Elmwood's frustrated grief, which is illuminated by reading it in the light of Freud's and Derrida's observations on the processes of mourning. This mourning is, in part, read in the light of recent critical investigations into eighteenth-century masculinity and masculine sensibility. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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