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Russo, Mary J.

The female grotesque : risk, excess, and modernity / Mary Russo. - New York : Routledge, ©1995. - xi, 233 p. ; ill ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-221) and index.

Up there, out there: aerialism, the grotesque, and critical practice -- Female grotesques: carnival and theory -- Freaks, Freak Orlando, Orlando -- Twins and mutant women: David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers -- "From the base upward": Trilby's left foot, nationalism, and the grotesque -- Revamping spectacle: Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus.

ISBN: 0415901642 9780415901642 0415901650 9780415901659

LCCN: 94026631

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Grotesque in motion pictures.
Grotesque in art.
Grotesque in literature.
Women in literature.
Human body in literature.
Literature, Modern--History and criticism.
Grotesque in art.
Grotesque in literature.
Grotesque in motion pictures.
Human body in literature.
Literature, Modern.
Women in literature.
Het Groteske.
Vrouwen.
Letterkunde.
Kunst.
Frau
Groteske

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PN56.G7 / R87 1995

Dewey Class. No.: 809/.9352042