New Perspectives on Mary Elizabeth Braddon
pdf | 2.47 MB | English | Author :Cox, Jessica, Wible, Andy, Quinn, Carol V. A. | 978-9042035799 | 2012 | Rodopi

Book Description :

Mary Elizabeth Braddon, one of the most prolific authors of the Victorian period, remains best known for her sensation fiction, but over the course of a long career contributed to a multitude of literary genres, working as a journalist, short story writer and editor, as well as authoring more than eighty novels. This exciting new collection of essays reappraises Braddon's work and offers a series of new perspectives on her literary productions. The volume is divided into two parts: the first considers Braddon's seminal sensation novel, Lady Audley's Secret; the second examines some of her lesser known fiction, including her first published novel, The Trail of the Serpent, as well as some of her twentieth-century fiction. The first collection of essays on Braddon to appear since 1999, this volume sheds new light on the 'Queen of the circulating libraries'.

Category : | English Literature, British & Irish Literary Criticism, Gothic & Romantic Literary Criticism