Proceedings of the 45th International Philological Conference (IPC 2016)

Vampire and Victim: Two Gender-Oriented Plots in E. F. Benson's Ghost Stories

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Anastasia Lipinskaya
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Anastasia Lipinskaya
Available Online June 2017.
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10.2991/ipc-16.2017.17How to use a DOI?
Keywords
ghoststory, gender, trope, parody.
Abstract

In contrast to class is Gothic novels where a suffering female protagonist plays an important role, ghost stories continuing the Gothic tradition in late 19 and early 20 c) represent men's world: female characters are either absent or mostly ambivalent. E. F. Benson's stories reviving traditional images of a vampire ("Mrs. Amworth") and a spectral bridegroom ("The Face") are characteristic examples of this trend.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 45th International Philological Conference (IPC 2016)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
June 2017
ISBN
10.2991/ipc-16.2017.17
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ipc-16.2017.17How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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