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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"sensation novel"”.
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The Ungovernable Governess:The Figure of the Governess in the Victorian Sensation Novel of the 1860s.
… the figure of the governess in the Victorian Sensation Novels of the 1860s in order to determine if sensation fiction in this period was inevitably concerned with portraying the ungovernable side of femininity. The primary focus will be on the female protagonist in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s …
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Beyond Scandal: Seeking Morality in Sensation Fiction
Contemporary critics condemned sensation novels on the grounds of excessive immorality. However, three of the most popular sensation novels display a pattern of increased social status as a reward for good behavior is common, clearly suggesting that notions about the genre as immoral are misguided. …
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Rival sensations: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, her adapters, and the contest for cultural representation
… a loophole in the copyright law to adapt popular novels at will for the stage. This study documents this moment in theater and literary history to reveal the textual multiplicity that resulted when novels competed for audiences with several theatrical rivals. Mary Elizabeth Braddon, the …
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Medications in Lady Audley's Secret: Medicine as Historical Symbol and Literary Device
<p>As an archetypal sensation novel, <em>Lady Audley’s Secret</em> by Mary Elizabeth Braddon explores the boundaries of both crime and insanity. As the main character, Robert Audley, investigates the mysterious disappearance of his close friend, he begins to suspect that his uncle’s new wife, Lucy …
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Obscured Visions: Psychology, Religion, and Mysticism in J. SHeridan Le Fanu's In a Glass Darkly
… the Victorian Period and the development of the sensation novel, the public eagerly consumed the writings of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and the author was a household name. In the current age, however, scholarly criticism often focuses on “Carmilla” (1872) and other texts in isolation instead of …
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'All Other Faculties Must Be Silent': Victorian Motherhood and the Divided Female Self
… three focuses on East Lynne, Ellen Wood's 1861 sensation novel of maternal excesses, arguing that the transgressive heroine's ""perversion"" of maternal love serves as a necessary vehicle for the consolidation of a uniform, patriarchal, middle-class identity characterized by the channeling of …
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Fiction based on fact : subversions of power and propriety in Charles Reade's matter-of-fact romances.
… facts into his fiction can be seen in all of his novels, but none so clearly as in the five he subtitled "a matter-of-fact romance." Since the early 1900s, Reade has been completely excluded from the literary canon, and few critics have devoted any significant attention to his works. His two long …