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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hughes, Winifred, 1948- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sensationalism in literature.
Popular literature.
English fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Paralitterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique.
Sensationnalisme dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Popular literature > Great Britain > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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