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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812329903321

Autore

Tomaiuolo Saverio

Titolo

In Lady Audley's shadow : Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Victorian literary genres

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-7486-5166-7

1-282-94176-3

9786612941764

0-7486-4367-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture

Disciplina

823.8

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Novelists, English - 19th century

Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Biography

England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The Lady Audley Paradigm -- 1. Gothic Mutations -- 2. Darwinian Detections -- 3. Victorian Realisms.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is devoted to Mary Elizabeth Braddon's complex relationship with the three main Victorian literary genres (the Gothic  the Detective and the Realist novel) using Braddon's bestselling sensation fiction  Lady Audley's Secret  as a starting point from which to assess her work.