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"; 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, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison [N.J.] : Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, ©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.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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:
  • Literary form and the nineteenth-century femme fatale
  • Gothic ballads and the supernatural femme fatale
  • The realist novel and the romanticized femme fatale
  • From sensation novel to vampire tale: the erotic femme fatale
  • Decadence, self-awareness, and the decline of the femme fatale
  • Conclusion: reprising the femme fatale.

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