The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature, 1790-1910.

The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale: From Gothic Ghosts to Victorian Vamps explores the femme fatale's career in nineteenth-century British literature. It traces her evolution-and devolution-formally, historically, and ideologically through a selection of plays, poems, novels, and personal co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Braun, Heather L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Fairleigh Dickinson, 2012.
Temas:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Femmes fatales in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Man-woman relationships in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Relations entre hommes et femmes dans la littérature.
English literature
Femmes fatales in literature
Man-woman relationships in literature
Sex role in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Literary Form and the Nineteenth-Century Femme Fatale; 1 Gothic Ballads and the Supernatural Femme Fatale; 2 The Realist Novel and the Romanticized Femme Fatale; 3 From Sensation Novel to Vampire Tale: The Erotic Femme Fatale; 4 Decadence, Self-Awareness, and the Decline of the Femme Fatale; Conclusion: Reprising the Femme Fatale; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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