
A Companion to Sensation Fiction
Pamela K. Gilbert(Editor)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 2011
Book
Hardback
680 pages
978-1-4051-9558-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 research and cutting-edge contemporary scholarship
Reviews / Votes
"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 offering clues for future approaches ... An indispensable addition to the ongoing debate on sensation fiction, and on Victorian culture at large." (Rivista di Studi Vittoriani, 1 August 2013)
"Students will find that the collection introduces new information - issues and approaches - in straightforward language; specialists will appreciate the work as both a reference on movements within sensation literature and a thoughtful blueprint for future work in the genre." (Choice, 1 February 2012)
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Product info
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-9558-4 (9781405195584)
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A Companion to Sensation Fiction
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Wiley-Blackwell
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A Companion to Sensation Fiction
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Person
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 (2004), and Cholera and Nation (2008).
Content
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part I: Before Sensation, 1830-1860
Part II: Reading Individual Authors and Texts, 1860-1880
Part III: Topics in Scholarship
Part IV: After Sensation: Legacies
Index