Violent Women and Sensation Fiction
Title | Violent Women and Sensation Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | A. Mangham |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2015-12-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0230286992 |
This book explores ideas of violent femininity across generic and disciplinary boundaries during the nineteenth century. It aims to highlight how medical, legal and literary narratives shared notions of the volatile nature of women. Mangham traces intersections between notorious legal trials, theories of female insanity, and sensation novels.
The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Mangham |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2013-10-17 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0521760747 |
Accessible and comprehensive account of the sensation novel of the nineteenth century.
Aurora Floyd
Title | Aurora Floyd PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Elizabeth Braddon |
Publisher | |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 1863 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Victorian Sensation Fiction
Title | Victorian Sensation Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Cox |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2019-04-25 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1137471727 |
Since the establishment of sensation fiction in the 1860s, key trends have emerged in critical readings of these texts. From Victorian responses emphasising the 'lowbrow' or potentially dangerous qualities of the genre to the prolific critical attention of the present day, this Reader's Guide identifies the dominant approaches to sensation fiction and charts the critical trends of various scholarly evaluations and interpretations. With coverage spanning empire, class, sexuality and adaptation, this is the ideal companion for students of Victorian Literature looking for an introduction to the key debates surrounding sensation fiction.
A Companion to Sensation Fiction
Title | A Companion to Sensation Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Pamela K. Gilbert |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 878 |
Release | 2011-06-20 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1444342215 |
This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and works, its major themes, and its lasting legacy. Places key authors and novels in their cultural and historical context Includes studies of major topics such as race, gender, melodrama, theatre, poetry, realism in fiction, and connections to other art forms Contributions from top international scholars approach an important literary genre from a range of perspectives Offers both a pre and post-history of the genre to situate it in the larger tradition of Victorian publishing and literature Incorporates coverage of traditional research and cutting-edge contemporary scholarship
The Female Servant and Sensation Fiction
Title | The Female Servant and Sensation Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | E. Steere |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2013-10-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1137365269 |
The Female Servant and Sensation Fiction: 'Kitchen Literature' explores why Victorian sensation fiction was derided as literature fit only for maids and cooks and how the depictions of fictional female domestics, from Jane Eyre to Neo-Victorian novels, reflect contemporary social concerns about the blurring of the boundaries of class and gender.
The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Mangham |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2013-10-17 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1107511690 |
In 1859 the popular novelist Wilkie Collins wrote of a ghostly woman, dressed from head to toe in white garments, laying her cold, thin hand on the shoulder of a young man as he walked home late one evening. His novel The Woman in White became hugely successful and popularised a style of writing that came to be known as sensation fiction. This Companion highlights the energy, the impact and the inventiveness of the novels that were written in 'sensational' style, including the work of Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mrs Henry Wood and Florence Marryat. It contains fifteen specially-commissioned essays and includes a chronology and a guide to further reading. Accessible yet rigorous, this Companion questions what influenced the shape and texture of the sensation novel, and what its repercussions were both in the nineteenth century and up to the present day.