The aim of this essay is to contribute to the re-reading of Mary Shelley’s 1818 edition of Frankenstein from a feminist perspective, analysing the way the feminine is represented in the text. Starting from a notion suggested and developed by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar in their ground-breaking volume The Madwoman in the Attic (1979), this paper will examine the reasons behind the two writers’ theory and to what extent, through a certain depiction of the feminine, Mary Shelley tried to deconstruct the social stereotypes and impositions that caged women reiterating a definite separation of spheres and roles.
PRAMAGGIORE VALENTINA (2023). "The 'Monster' in the House": The Representation of the Feminine in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. LA QUESTIONE ROMANTICA, Nuova Serie Volume 14(1-2), 145-158.
"The 'Monster' in the House": The Representation of the Feminine in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
PRAMAGGIORE VALENTINA
2023
Abstract
The aim of this essay is to contribute to the re-reading of Mary Shelley’s 1818 edition of Frankenstein from a feminist perspective, analysing the way the feminine is represented in the text. Starting from a notion suggested and developed by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar in their ground-breaking volume The Madwoman in the Attic (1979), this paper will examine the reasons behind the two writers’ theory and to what extent, through a certain depiction of the feminine, Mary Shelley tried to deconstruct the social stereotypes and impositions that caged women reiterating a definite separation of spheres and roles.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
