The Female Anxiety Embodied in the Gothic Novel: Frankenstein
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https://doi.org/10.54097/ehss.v15i.9248Keywords:
Frankenstein; Female Anxiety; Gothic Novel.Abstract
Female Gothic Fiction - Frankenstein is a revealing tale of female anxiety and terror that not only has a distinctly Gothic sublime appeal, but also boldly reflects Shelley's female anxiety brought on by authorship and family ties through the absence of female discourse, the metaphor of the monster as a woman, and the appropriation of female fertility by men.
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Mary Shelly, Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus. London: J M Dent, 1912.
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