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

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]
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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.