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A Companion to Sensation Fiction
Pamela K Gilbert
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Description for A Companion to Sensation Fiction
Hardback. This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and works, its major themes, and its lasting legacy. Editor(s): Gilbert, Pamela K. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 680 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1354.
This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and works, its major themes, and its lasting legacy.
This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and works, its major themes, and its lasting legacy.
- Places key authors and novels in their cultural and historical context
- Includes studies of major topics such as race, gender, melodrama, theatre, poetry, realism in fiction, and connections to other art forms
- Contributions from top international scholars approach an important literary genre from a range of perspectives
- Offers both a pre and post-history of the genre to situate it in the larger tradition of Victorian publishing and literature
- Incorporates coverage of traditional ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
680
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405195584
SKU
V9781405195584
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99-50
About Pamela K Gilbert
The Editor PAMELA K. GILBERT is the Albert Brick Professor and Chair of the Department of English at the University of Florida. She has published widely in the areas of Victorian literature, cultural studies, and the history of medicine. Her books include Disease, Desire and the Body in Victorian Women's Popular Novels (1997), Mapping the Victorian Social Body ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Sensation Fiction
"Mapping a field still in development, the volume succeeds in imagining exceptionally varied directions for future research, and in conveying an ardent sense of collaboration." (Victorian Studies, Summer 2013) "All in all, A Companion to Sensation Fiction offers a vast critical panorama that covers almost all features and nuances of the sensational phenomenon, and also succeeds in ... Read more