The maniac in the cellar : sensation novels of the 1860s /

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Once a controversial genre of Victorian fiction that produced the major best sellers of its century, the now-forgotten sensation novel was a publishing phenomenon in its time. In a vivid portrait of this subversive and discomfiting popular literature, Winifred Hughes identifies its ingredients, its...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hughes, Winifred, 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]
Subjects:
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Sensationalism in literature.
Popular literature > Great Britain > History and criticism.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Sensationnalisme dans la littérature.
Paralittérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
English fiction
Popular literature
Sensationalism in literature
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Sensation Paradox
  • 2. The Sensation Novel and Victorian Theories of Fiction
  • 3. Charles Reade and the Breakdown of Melodrama
  • 4. The Wickedness of Woman: M.E. Braddon and Mrs. Henry Wood
  • 5. Wilkie Collins: The Triumph of the Detective
  • 6. Influences of the Sensation Novel
  • Notes
  • Index.

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