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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Interventions, Rethinking the nineteenth century
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Interventions: rethinking the nineteenth century (Series)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book explores the ways in which the two leading sensation authors of the 1860s, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Wilkie Collins, engaged with nineteenth-century ideas about personality formation and the extent to which it can be influenced either by the subject or by others. Innovative readings of seven sensation novels explore how they employ and challenge Victorian theories of heredity, degeneration, inherent constitution, education, upbringing and social circumstance. Far from presenting a reductive depiction of 'nature' versus 'nurture', Braddon and Collins show the creation of character to be a complex interplay of internal and external factors. Drawing on material ranging from medical textbooks, to sociological treatises, to popular periodicals, Creating character shows how sensation authors situated themselves at the intersections of established and developing, conservative and radical, learned and sensationalist thought about how identity could be made and modified. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I Self-control, willpower and monomania; Basil and No Name; John Marchmont's Legacy; Part II Heredity and degeneration; The Lady Lisle; Armadale; Part III Education, environment and circumstance; Man and Wife; Lost for Love; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. |
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Personality in literature.
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Personality in literature. |
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Characters and characteristics in literature.
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Characters and characteristics in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ifill, Helena. Creating character : theories of nature and nurture in Victorian sensation fiction. Manchester, [England] : Manchester University Press, ©2018 viii, 232 pages Interventions: rethinking the nineteenth century (Series) 9781784995133 |
| ISBN |
9781526126597 (electronic book) |
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1526126591 (electronic book) |
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9781526126580 (electronic book) |
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1526126583 (electronic book) |
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9781526136275 (electronic book) |
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1526136279 (electronic book) |
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9781784995133 (hardback) |
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