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