Gothic device, employing not one double, but two. Important, Dacre reverses the typical use of the doppelganger as a Zofloya is Dacre's heavy reliance on the gothic trope of theĭoppelganger, or double-a noted feature in gothic fiction. What has virtually gone unnoticed with respect to criticism on Rather, it is female rebellion that actually triumphs by novel'sĮnd-a daring move for the female gothic novelist at the turn of the

Necessarily believe that female monstrosity is condemned as well. While I agree with Craciun, as well as other scholars, whoĪrgue that female passivity is punished in the novel, I don't Gothic to locate passion and destruction as pleasurable femaleĮxperiences. Murder spree, acknowledging Dacre's non-conventional use of the Substantial insight into the motive behind Victoria's lustful Zofloya through the novel's protagonist, Victoria de Loredani.Īdriana Craciun's introduction to the 1997 edition offers Nowhere is this better represented than in Scholarship exists on her novels indicates her placement outside typicalįemale authors of the gothic. Very little is known of Charlotteĭacre's life including the actual date of her birth. Received wide acclaim and harsh criticism for its astounding depiction Wishes your co-operation with me alone can render me powerful.'Ĭharlotte Dacre's novel Zofloya, first published in 1806,

Will be of your own making: I am but the humble tool, the slave of your 'The Moor smile-'Your fate, your fortune, fair Signora, APA style: Haunted spaces and powerful places: reconfiguring the doppelganger in Charlotte Dacre's Zofloya.Haunted spaces and powerful places: reconfiguring the doppelganger in Charlotte Dacre's Zofloya.' Retrieved from 2005 Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Department of English 15 May. MLA style: 'Haunted spaces and powerful places: reconfiguring the doppelganger in Charlotte Dacre's Zofloya.' The Free Library.

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