LEADER 02849nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910785728903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-62458-3 010 $a9786613937032 010 $a1-61147-563-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000256922 035 $a(EBL)1023689 035 $a(OCoLC)845246339 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000759908 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12266174 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759908 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10801713 035 $a(PQKB)10475857 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1023689 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10608151 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL393703 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1023689 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000256922 100 $a20130508d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rise and fall of the femme fatale in British literature, 1790-1910$b[electronic resource]$fHeather Brown 210 $aMadison, N.J. ;$aTeaneck, N.J. $cFairleigh Dickinson University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61147-562-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThe 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, 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFemmes fatales in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aMan-woman relationships in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFemmes fatales in literature. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aMan-woman relationships in literature. 676 $a820.9/3522 700 $aBraun$b Heather$f1975-$01475972 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785728903321 996 $aThe rise and fall of the femme fatale in British literature, 1790-1910$93690374 997 $aUNINA