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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ifill, Helena (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Series:Interventions: rethinking the nineteenth century (Series)
Subjects:
Braddon, M. E. > (Mary Elizabeth), > 1835-1915 > Criticism and interpretation.
Collins, Wilkie, > 1824-1889 > Criticism and interpretation.
Braddon, M. E. > (Mary Elizabeth), > 1835-1915
Collins, Wilkie, > 1824-1889
Collins, Wilkie > 1824-1889
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth > 1835-1915
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Personality in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Personnalité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Characters and characteristics in literature
English fiction
Personality in literature
Sensationsroman
Literatur
Identitätsfindung > Motiv
Englisch
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I Self-control, willpower and monomania; Basil and No Name; John Marchmont's Legacy; Part II Heredity and degeneration; The Lady Lisle; Armadale; Part III Education, environment and circumstance; Man and Wife; Lost for Love; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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