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  • Lily Frankenstein: The Gothic New Woman in Penny Dreadful

    Author(s)
    Green, Stephanie
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Green, Stephanie R.
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Techniques such as recursive adaptation, narrative hybridity and ensemble performance are now a tradition in fantasy screen drama, in both cinematic and serial mode, from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) to Agents of Shield (2013), in which several popular culture sources are woven together to create a new evocation of themes, stories and identities. Set in late-Victorian London, the richly awarded TV series Penny Dreadful (2014) alludes to a host of precursor texts from nineteenth century Gothic and sensation fiction. Among the many interesting elements of this finely crafted series is the ways in which it recasts ...
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    Techniques such as recursive adaptation, narrative hybridity and ensemble performance are now a tradition in fantasy screen drama, in both cinematic and serial mode, from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) to Agents of Shield (2013), in which several popular culture sources are woven together to create a new evocation of themes, stories and identities. Set in late-Victorian London, the richly awarded TV series Penny Dreadful (2014) alludes to a host of precursor texts from nineteenth century Gothic and sensation fiction. Among the many interesting elements of this finely crafted series is the ways in which it recasts minor or supporting female characters from these stories as powerful leading figures. This discussion will discuss the portrayal of Lily Frankenstein, a crucial minor character, to show how Penny Dreadful portrays transformative female identity through a Gothic redefinition of the late-Victorian New Woman.
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    Journal Title
    Refractory: a journal of entertainment media
    Volume
    28
    Publisher URI
    http://refractory.unimelb.edu.au/2017/06/14/green/
    Subject
    Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified
    Film, Television and Digital Media
    Cultural Studies
    Historical Studies
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/341891
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