Beyond Sensation: Mary Elizabeth Braddon in Context

by Pamela K. Gilbert (editor), Marlene Tromp (Editor), Aeron Haynie (Editor)

Mary Elizabeth Braddon, journal editor and bestselling author of more than eighty novels during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was a key figure in the Victorian literary scene. This volume brings together new essays from a variety of perspectives that illuminate both the richness of Braddon's oeuvre and the variety of critical approaches to it. Best known as the author of Lady Audley's Secret and Aurora Floyd, Braddon also wrote penny dreadfuls, realist novels, plays, short stories, reviews, and articles. The contributors move beyond her two most famous works and reflect a range of current issues and approaches, including gender, genre, imperialism, colonial reception, commodity culture, and publishing history. Contributors include Jennifer Carnell, Jeni Curtis, Pamela K. Gilbert, Lauren Goodlad, Aeron Haynie, Heidi Holder, Gail Turley Houston, Heidi H. Johnson, Toni Johnson-Woods, James R. Kincaid, Elizabeth Langland, Eve Lynch, Graham Law, Katherine Montweiler, Lillian Nayder, Lyn Pykett, and Tabitha Sparks, and Marlene Tromp.

Genres: Nonfiction

302 pages, Hardcover

First published December 2, 1999

Reviews

[Sofi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting collection of essays on Braddon, useful for reaserchers or any passionate fan of the authoress. The chapters about the literary market in Victorian England and about the dialectic of the enclosure acts and the enclosure of the bodies was illuminating.