Exploration of how Elizabeth Gaskell uses her textual creation, “Cranford,” to insert a male “bomb” into memories of her pre-adult life, thereby effecting displaced matricide.

Exploration of how Mary Shelley uses her textual creation “Frankenstein” to engage with crippling feelings of growth panic that arose out of her recent adult self-actualization.

Exploration of how Aphra Behn uses her textual creation “Oronnoko” to engage in a guiltless sexual affair that bypasses all societal and inner-psychic censors.

Collection of essays written during my undergraduate and graduate studies in literature.