Mary Reilly as Jekyll or Hyde : Neo-Victorian (re)creations of Feminity and Feminism

In his article “What is Neo-Victorian Studies?” (2008), Mark Lewellyn argues that the term neo-Victorian fiction refers to works that are consciously set in the Victorian period, but introduce representations of marginalised voices, new histories of sexuality, post-colonial viewpoints and other gene...

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Autor: Miquel Baldellou, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/66837
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.154
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/66837
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Palabra clave:Neo Victorian
Feminism
Postmodernism
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spelling Mary Reilly as Jekyll or Hyde : Neo-Victorian (re)creations of Feminity and FeminismMiquel Baldellou, MartaNeo VictorianFeminismPostmodernismIn his article “What is Neo-Victorian Studies?” (2008), Mark Lewellyn argues that the term neo-Victorian fiction refers to works that are consciously set in the Victorian period, but introduce representations of marginalised voices, new histories of sexuality, post-colonial viewpoints and other generally ‘different’ versions of the Victorian era. Valerie Martin’s gothic-romance Mary Reilly drew on Stevenson’s novella to introduce a woman’s perspective on the puzzle of Jekyll and Hyde. Almost twenty-years after the publication of Martin’s novel, the newly established field of research in Neo-Victorian fiction has questioned the extent to which Neo-Victorian recreations of the Victorian past respond to postmodern contemporary reflections and ideas about the period. This article aims to examine the ways in which this Neo-Victorian gothic text addresses both the issues of Victorian femininity and feminist principles now in the light of later Neo-Victorian precepts, taking into consideration that Martin’s novel introduces a woman’s perspective as a feminist response to Stevenson’s text but also includes many allusions to the cult of domesticity as a legacy of the Victorian gothic romance.Universidad de La Rioja2010info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.18172/jes.154http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/66837reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.154Journal of English Studies, 2010, vol. 8, p. 119-140cc-by-nc-nd (c) Universidad de La Rioja, 2010info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/668372026-06-24T12:42:17Z
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title Mary Reilly as Jekyll or Hyde : Neo-Victorian (re)creations of Feminity and Feminism
spellingShingle Mary Reilly as Jekyll or Hyde : Neo-Victorian (re)creations of Feminity and Feminism
Miquel Baldellou, Marta
Neo Victorian
Feminism
Postmodernism
title_short Mary Reilly as Jekyll or Hyde : Neo-Victorian (re)creations of Feminity and Feminism
title_full Mary Reilly as Jekyll or Hyde : Neo-Victorian (re)creations of Feminity and Feminism
title_fullStr Mary Reilly as Jekyll or Hyde : Neo-Victorian (re)creations of Feminity and Feminism
title_full_unstemmed Mary Reilly as Jekyll or Hyde : Neo-Victorian (re)creations of Feminity and Feminism
title_sort Mary Reilly as Jekyll or Hyde : Neo-Victorian (re)creations of Feminity and Feminism
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Miquel Baldellou, Marta
author Miquel Baldellou, Marta
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Neo Victorian
Feminism
Postmodernism
topic Neo Victorian
Feminism
Postmodernism
description In his article “What is Neo-Victorian Studies?” (2008), Mark Lewellyn argues that the term neo-Victorian fiction refers to works that are consciously set in the Victorian period, but introduce representations of marginalised voices, new histories of sexuality, post-colonial viewpoints and other generally ‘different’ versions of the Victorian era. Valerie Martin’s gothic-romance Mary Reilly drew on Stevenson’s novella to introduce a woman’s perspective on the puzzle of Jekyll and Hyde. Almost twenty-years after the publication of Martin’s novel, the newly established field of research in Neo-Victorian fiction has questioned the extent to which Neo-Victorian recreations of the Victorian past respond to postmodern contemporary reflections and ideas about the period. This article aims to examine the ways in which this Neo-Victorian gothic text addresses both the issues of Victorian femininity and feminist principles now in the light of later Neo-Victorian precepts, taking into consideration that Martin’s novel introduces a woman’s perspective as a feminist response to Stevenson’s text but also includes many allusions to the cult of domesticity as a legacy of the Victorian gothic romance.
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