Beyond sensation : Mary Elizabeth Braddon in context / edited by Marlene Tromp, Pamela K. Gilbert, and Aeron Haynie.
| Other author | Tromp, Marlene, 1966- |
| Other author | Gilbert, Pamela K. |
| Other author | Haynie, Aeron, 1964- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000. |
| Description | xxviii, 302 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Enclosure acts: framing women's bodies in Braddon's Lady Audley's secret / Elizabeth Langland -- Braddon's commentaries on the trials and legal secrets of Audley court / Gail Turley Houston -- Rebellious Sepoys and bigamous wives: the Indian mutiny and marriage law reform in Lady Audley's secret / Lillian Nayder -- Marketing sensation: Lady Audley's secret and consumer culture / Katherine Montwieler -- "An idle handle that was never turned, and a lazy rope so rotten": the decay of the country estate in Lady Audley's secret / Aeron Haynie -- The espaliered girl: pruning the docile body in Aurora Floyd / Jeni Curtis -- The dangerous woman: M.E. Braddon's sensational (en)gendering of domestic law / Marlene Tromp -- Mary Elizabeth Braddon in Australia: queen of the colonies / Toni Johnson-Woods -- "Our author": Braddon in the provincial weeklies / Jennifer Carnell and Graham Law -- Misalliance: M.E. Braddon's writing for the stage / Heidi J. Holder -- Braddon and victorian realism: Joshua Haggard's daughter / Pamela K. Gilbert -- Fiction becomes her: representations of female character in Mary Braddon's The Doctor's wife / Tabitha Sparks -- "Go and marry your doctor": fetishism and "redundance" at the fin de sic̈le and the vampires of "Good Lady Ducayne" / Lauren M.E. Goodlad -- Spectral politics: M.E. Braddon and the spirits of social reform / Eve M. Lynch -- Electra-fying the female sleuth: detecting the father in Eleanor's victory and Thou art the man / Heidi H. Johnson -- Afterword / Lyn Pykett. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-285) and index. |
| LCCN | 99037009 |
| ISBN | 0791444198 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0791444201 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PR4989.M4 Z53 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |