The Tales of Bluebeard’s Wives: Carmen Maria Machado’s Intertextual Storytelling in <i>In the Dream House</i> and “The Husband Stitch”

This paper examines the gothic fairy tale in Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir <i>In the Dream House</i> and short story “The Husband Stitch” with a focus on Bluebeard’s insistent presence and the interweaving of reality, gothic horror, and fairy tale. In the memoir, Machado restages her exp...

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Main Author: Carolin Jesussek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Literature
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2410-9789/3/3/22