| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) |
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Intellectual incorrectness: melodrama, populism, cultural hierarchies -- The villains of stage melodrama: romanticism and the politics of character -- Dickens, acting, and ambivalence: periodical passions -- Melodramatic poetics and the gothic villain: interiority, deviance, emotion -- Twisting the Newgate tale: popular culture, pleasure, and the politics of genre -- Dickens and dandyism: masking interiority -- Byronic baddies, melodramatic anxieties -- Sincerely deviant women |
| Summary |
This study argues that Dickens' villains embody the crucial fusion between the deviant and theatrical aspects of his writing |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Characters -- Criminals
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Characters -- Villains
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. fast (OCoLC)fst00028294 |
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. (NL-LeOCL)068342853 nta |
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Popular culture -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Villains in literature.
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Melodrama.
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Criminals in literature.
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Melodrama.
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Popular culture.
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Villains in literature.
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English Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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18.05 English literature.
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Schurken.
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Populaire cultuur.
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Melodrama's.
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England.
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History.
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Melodrama.
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Melodramas (Drama)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191714214 |
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0191714216 |
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