The Resource Dead secrets : Wilkie Collins and the female gothic, Tamar Heller
Dead secrets : Wilkie Collins and the female gothic, Tamar Heller
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- Summary
- Readers have long been enthralled by the novels of Wilkie Collins, whose The Moonstone is considered the first modern detective novel. This book by Tamar Heller--the most comprehensive study of Collins' work ever written--places Collins within Victorian literary history, showing how his fiction transforms the conventions of the traditionally female genre of the Gothic novel and can be read as a critique of the gender and class distinctions that structured Victorian society. Heller offers an insightful account of the ways in which Collins' work in the female Gothic tradition influenced his characteristic themes and imagery. She also explores how this association with the genres of the Gothic and with controversial "sensation fiction" linked Collins with women writers and literary and social marginality during an era when novel writing was increasingly a male-defined and male-dominated profession. Heller argues that Collins' fictions reflect his own contradictory status as a Victorian writer; his novels focus on the relation of the writer to the literary marketplace and also on the intricate and ambivalent dialectic of masculine literary authority and feminine marginality. This study of Collins makes an original contribution to feminist literary criticism by demonstrating its value for the reexamination of an important male writer. In addition, by exploring the complexity of the relationship of a male writer to a feminine literary tradition, the book breaks new ground in the study of literary influence and in critical discussions of the literary canon
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 201 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Dead Secrets
- 1. Reigns of Terror: The Politics of the Female Gothic
- 2. Becoming an Author in 1848: History and the Gothic in the Early Works of Wilkie Collins
- 3. Basil: Femininity, Ressentiment, and the Male Artist
- 4. Writing after Dark: Collins and Victorian Literary Culture
- 5. The Woman in White: Portrait of the Artist as a Professional Man
- 6. Blank Spaces: Ideological Tensions and the Detective Work of The Moonstone
- Epilogue: The Haunted Narrative
- Isbn
- 9780300161786
- Label
- Dead secrets : Wilkie Collins and the female gothic
- Title
- Dead secrets
- Title remainder
- Wilkie Collins and the female gothic
- Statement of responsibility
- Tamar Heller
- Subject
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- Collins, Wilkie
- Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
- Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 -- Critique et interprétation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- England
- Femmes et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne
- Frau
- Frau
- Gothic novel
- Gothic novel
- Gothic revival (Literature)
- Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- 1800-1899
- Horror tales, English
- Horror tales, English -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gothic & Romance
- Littérature frénétique
- Psychological fiction, English
- Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Roman
- Récits d'horreur anglais -- Histoire et critique
- Sensationalism in literature
- Sensationalism in literature
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Readers have long been enthralled by the novels of Wilkie Collins, whose The Moonstone is considered the first modern detective novel. This book by Tamar Heller--the most comprehensive study of Collins' work ever written--places Collins within Victorian literary history, showing how his fiction transforms the conventions of the traditionally female genre of the Gothic novel and can be read as a critique of the gender and class distinctions that structured Victorian society. Heller offers an insightful account of the ways in which Collins' work in the female Gothic tradition influenced his characteristic themes and imagery. She also explores how this association with the genres of the Gothic and with controversial "sensation fiction" linked Collins with women writers and literary and social marginality during an era when novel writing was increasingly a male-defined and male-dominated profession. Heller argues that Collins' fictions reflect his own contradictory status as a Victorian writer; his novels focus on the relation of the writer to the literary marketplace and also on the intricate and ambivalent dialectic of masculine literary authority and feminine marginality. This study of Collins makes an original contribution to feminist literary criticism by demonstrating its value for the reexamination of an important male writer. In addition, by exploring the complexity of the relationship of a male writer to a feminine literary tradition, the book breaks new ground in the study of literary influence and in critical discussions of the literary canon
- Cataloging source
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Heller, Tamar
- Illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Collins, Wilkie
- Collins, Wilkie
- Collins, Wilkie
- Collins, Wilkie
- Psychological fiction, English
- Women and literature
- Horror tales, English
- Gothic revival (Literature)
- Sensationalism in literature
- Femmes et littérature
- Récits d'horreur anglais
- Littérature frénétique
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Gothic revival (Literature)
- Horror tales, English
- Psychological fiction, English
- Sensationalism in literature
- Women and literature
- England
- Great Britain
- Gothic novel
- Gothic novel
- Roman
- Frau
- Frau
- Label
- Dead secrets : Wilkie Collins and the female gothic, Tamar Heller
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-195) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Dead Secrets -- 1. Reigns of Terror: The Politics of the Female Gothic -- 2. Becoming an Author in 1848: History and the Gothic in the Early Works of Wilkie Collins -- 3. Basil: Femininity, Ressentiment, and the Male Artist -- 4. Writing after Dark: Collins and Victorian Literary Culture -- 5. The Woman in White: Portrait of the Artist as a Professional Man -- 6. Blank Spaces: Ideological Tensions and the Detective Work of The Moonstone -- Epilogue: The Haunted Narrative
- Control code
- ocn874143713
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 201 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300161786
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- portraits
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4cwjr1
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)874143713
- Label
- Dead secrets : Wilkie Collins and the female gothic, Tamar Heller
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-195) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Dead Secrets -- 1. Reigns of Terror: The Politics of the Female Gothic -- 2. Becoming an Author in 1848: History and the Gothic in the Early Works of Wilkie Collins -- 3. Basil: Femininity, Ressentiment, and the Male Artist -- 4. Writing after Dark: Collins and Victorian Literary Culture -- 5. The Woman in White: Portrait of the Artist as a Professional Man -- 6. Blank Spaces: Ideological Tensions and the Detective Work of The Moonstone -- Epilogue: The Haunted Narrative
- Control code
- ocn874143713
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 201 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780300161786
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- portraits
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4cwjr1
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)874143713
Subject
- Collins, Wilkie
- Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
- Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 -- Critique et interprétation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- England
- Femmes et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne
- Frau
- Frau
- Gothic novel
- Gothic novel
- Gothic revival (Literature)
- Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- 1800-1899
- Horror tales, English
- Horror tales, English -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gothic & Romance
- Littérature frénétique
- Psychological fiction, English
- Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Roman
- Récits d'horreur anglais -- Histoire et critique
- Sensationalism in literature
- Sensationalism in literature
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
- History
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