| Description |
vii, 368 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The nineteenth-century novel |
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Nineteenth-century novel
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| Contents |
1. Madame Bovary: a novel about nothing / Marilyn Brooks -- 2. Madame Bovary: becoming a heroine / Marilyn Brooks -- 3. The Woman in White: sensationalism, secrets and spying / Valerie Pedlar -- 4. Draing a blank: the construction of identity in The Woman in White / Valerie Pedlar -- 5. The Portrait of a Lady and the 'house of fiction' / Delia Da Sousa Correa -- 6. The Portrait of a Lady: identity and gender / Delia Da Sousa Correa -- 7. 'The art of fiction': Henry James as critic / Delia Da Sousa Correa -- 8. Books and their readers, part 1 / Simon Eliot -- 9. Dracula: a fin-de-siècle fantasy / Valerie Pedlar -- 10. Dracula: narrative strategies and nineteenth-century fears / valerie Pedlar -- 11. The Awakening: identities / Sue Asbee -- 12. The Awakening: contexts / Sue Asbee -- 13. Joseph Conrad and the imperial vision: Heart of Darkness / Lynda Prescott -- 14. Heart of Darkness: plots, parallels and post-colonialism / Lynda Prescott -- 15. Books and their readers, part 2 / Simon Eliot |
| Notes |
Published in association with the Open University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Walder, Dennis.
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Open University.
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| LC no. |
2002319274 |
| ISBN |
0415238277 paperback |
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