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Title: |
Zofloya |
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| By (author): |
Charlotte Dacre Edited by: Adriana Craciun |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551111462 : 9781551111469 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
303 |
| Weight: |
.392 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - June 1997 |
| List Price: |
29.25 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
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| The protagonist of Charlotte Dacreâ s best known novel, Zofloya, or the Moor (1806) is unique in womenâ s Gothic and Romantic literature, and has more in common with the heroines of Sade or M.G. Lewis than with those of Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Smith or Jane Austen. No heroine of Radcliffe or Austen could exult, as Victoria does in this novel, that â there is certainly a pleasure â ¦ in the infliction of prolonged torment.â The sexual desires and ambition of Dacreâ s protagonist, Victoria, drive her to seduce, torture and murder. Victoria is inspired to greater criminal and illicit acts by a seductive Lucifer, disguised as a Moor, before she too is plunged into an abyss by her demon lover. The textâ s unusual evocations of the female body and feminine subject are of particular interest in the context of the history of sexuality and of the body; after embarking on a series of violent crimes, Victoriaâ s body actually begins to grow stronger and decidedly more masculine. Among the documents included as appendices to this volume are a selection of Dacreâ s poetry and excerpts from Bienvilleâ s Nymphomania, a medical treatise of the time aimed at a lay audience that focuses largely on the dangerous powers of womenâ s imagination; inspired by improper novels, it is alleged that women may plunge into madness, violence and deathâ much as does the protagonist of Zofloya herself. |
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