Sensations Novels

by Lyn Pykett

Available for the first time in the United States a new series of innovative critical studies introducing writers and their contexts to a wide range of readers. Drawing upon the mast recent thinking in English studies, each book considers biographical material, examines recent criticism, includes a detailed bibliography, and offers a concise but challenging reappraisal of a writer's major work. Published in the U. K. by Northcote House in association with The British Council.

Hardcover

First published December 31, 1994

Reviews

[Erica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pykett conducts a useful overview of the genre of sensation and its antecedents. She's especially skillful at connecting sensation to its melodramatic descendants in our current age, alluding to Radway's study of romance novels and their readers.

[Sareene · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be fair, this was more of a "skim until I come upon something I need to use for my paper." I did think it's a good introduction to the genre.