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‘(Re)Visiting and (Re)Visioning the Self/Other Divide in Science Fiction Transmutations of the Gothic (2013)
Journal Article
Hatter, J. (2013). ‘(Re)Visiting and (Re)Visioning the Self/Other Divide in Science Fiction Transmutations of the Gothic. Supernatural studies, 1(1), 39-52

Literary, cultural and historical critics alike have theorised that society’s values are based on dichotomies: majority/minority, oppressor/oppressed, men/women, young/old and good/evil. As Edward Said notes in his preface to Orientalism (1978): the... Read More about ‘(Re)Visiting and (Re)Visioning the Self/Other Divide in Science Fiction Transmutations of the Gothic.

The Parade of Identity: M. E. Braddon, The Travelling Circus Performer and the (Re)Construction of Self (2013)
Journal Article
Hatter, J. (2013). The Parade of Identity: M. E. Braddon, The Travelling Circus Performer and the (Re)Construction of Self. St. John's University humanities review, 10(1), pp.26-38

According to modern social psychology, the construction of identity occurs on three distinct levels: individual, relational and collective (Vignoles, Schwartz and Luyckx 3). Previously, psychologists argued that the three levels were self contained c... Read More about The Parade of Identity: M. E. Braddon, The Travelling Circus Performer and the (Re)Construction of Self.

Voicing the Self: Narration, Perspective and Identity in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s "Prince Ramji Rowdedow" (1874) (2013)
Journal Article
Hatter, J. (2013). Voicing the Self: Narration, Perspective and Identity in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s "Prince Ramji Rowdedow" (1874). Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, 3(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1386/fict.3.1.25_1

This article considers Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s use of the short story form and authorial, character and narrative voice in her theatrical tale ‘Prince Ramji Rowdedow’ (1874). As context for this article prevailing Victorian approaches to narrative v... Read More about Voicing the Self: Narration, Perspective and Identity in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s "Prince Ramji Rowdedow" (1874).