1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387178003316

Autore

Perkins Samuel <fl. 1625-1643.>

Titolo

Perkins, 1633 [[electronic resource] ] : a new almanacke and prognostication for the yeere of our Lord God, 1633 : being the first after  the bissextile, or leape yeere, and from the worlds creation 5595 : composed, and chiefly referred to the meridian of the famous city of London  / / made and set forth by Samuel Perkins .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1633]

Descrizione fisica

[39] p. : ill

Soggetti

Almanacs, English

Ephemerides

Astrology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title printed within ornamental border.

Imperfect: faded.

Second part has special t.p. with title: Perkins, 1633, a prognostication for the yeere of our Lord, 1633.

Signatures: [A]-B⁸, C⁴(last p. blank).

Reproduction of original in: Lambeth Palace Library (London, England).

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0076



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785728903321

Autore

Braun Heather <1975->

Titolo

The rise and fall of the femme fatale in British literature, 1790-1910 [[electronic resource]] / Heather Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, N.J. ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-62458-3

9786613937032

1-61147-563-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/3522

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Femmes fatales in literature

Sex role in literature

Man-woman relationships in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Literary Form and the Nineteenth-Century Femme Fatale; 1 Gothic Ballads and the Supernatural Femme Fatale; 2 The Realist Novel and the Romanticized Femme Fatale; 3 From Sensation Novel to Vampire Tale: The Erotic Femme Fatale; 4 Decadence, Self-Awareness, and the Decline of the Femme Fatale; Conclusion: Reprising the Femme Fatale; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale: From Gothic Ghosts to Victorian Vamps explores the femme fatale's career in nineteenth-century British literature. It traces her evolution-and devolution-formally, historically, and ideologically through a selection of plays, poems, novels, and personal correspondence. Considering well-known fatal women alongside more obscure ones, this study sheds new light on emerging notions of gender,