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Presentation of anti-semitism in Mcgrath’s gothic novel The Wardrobe Mistress

21 Kasım 2019
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Presentation of anti-semitism in Mcgrath’s gothic novel The Wardrobe Mistress

Abstract

In an interview with Francis Gertler , Patrick McGrath proposes that there has been very few written about “the revival of fascism in England immediately after the war” and that he cannot explain why this is so. And thus he published The Wardrobe Mistress in order to explore the reasons for the return of the fascism after the end of World War II. Although at a first glance the novel appears to be surrounded by gothic props such as the uncanny return of the dead body, the dark and gloomy setting, the reader is also concerned about its handling with anti-Semitism, as the main character is a Jew and her dead husband was a strong Nazi sympathizer. Thus, in addition to its Gothic traits, the novel transmits a political message about fascism in a gothic sensibility. By implementing the gothic genre’s traditional uncanny element into a political arena, McGrath proposes that fascism is also similar to the dead bodies which continues to reappear in a more tormenting way. Therefore this paper will present McGrath’s parodic relation with the Gothic genre, which he labels as “new gothic” in order to explore the novel’s representation of anti-semitism by ironically juxtapositioning a dead Nazi soul and a living Jewish body.

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  1. Dupont, J. (2013). Patrick McGrath: Directions and Transgressions. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholors Press. Freud, S., Gay, P. (1995). The Freud Reader. London: Vintage. Gertler, F. (n.d). The Greek Chorus, Dybbuks and the Resurgence of Fascism. Retrived 4, 2019 from https://www.foyles.co.uk/author-patrick-mcgrath. McGrath, P., Bradford, M. (1993). The New Gothic: A Collection of Contemporary Gothic Fiction. London: Picador. McGrath, P. (2017). The Wardrobe Mistress. London: Hutchinson. Menegaldo, G. (1997, November 5). Interview to Patrick McGrath. Sources. Weissman, G. (2004). Fantasies of Witnessing: Postwar Efforts to Experience the Holocaust. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. Zlosnik, S. (2011). Patrick McGrath. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

21 Kasım 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

5 Ekim 2019

Kabul Tarihi

20 Kasım 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019

Kaynak Göster

APA
Sabancı Uzun, G. (2019). Presentation of anti-semitism in Mcgrath’s gothic novel The Wardrobe Mistress. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 302-308. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.648897