New Perspectives on Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2015-06-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789401208543 |
ISBN-13 | : 9401208549 |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Download or read book New Perspectives on Mary Elizabeth Braddon written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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’.