Creating character : Theories of nature and nurture in Victorian sensation fiction /

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This book explores the ways in which the two leading sensation authors of the 1860s, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Wilkie Collins, engaged with nineteenth-century ideas about personality formation and the extent to which it can be influenced either by the subject or by others. Innovative readings of se...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ifill, Helena (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Collins, Wilkie, > 1824-1889.
Braddon, M. E. > (Mary Elizabeth), > 1835-1915.
Collins, Wilkie > 1824-1889
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth > 1835-1915
Collins, Wilkie, > 1824-1889 > Criticism and interpretation.
Braddon, M. E. > (Mary Elizabeth), > 1835-1915 > Criticism and interpretation.
Personality in literature.
English fiction.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Sensationsroman
Literatur
Identitätsfindung > Motiv
Englisch
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Self-control, willpower and monomania
  • 1. Basil and No Name
  • 2. John Marchmont's Legacy
  • Part II: Heredity and degeneration
  • 3. The Lady Lisle
  • 4. Armadale
  • Part III: Education, environment and circumstance
  • 5. Man and Wife
  • 6. Lost for Love
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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