In Lady Audley's shadow
Subtitle: Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Victorian literary genres
By: Saverio Tomaiuolo
Series: Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture; Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780748641154
Subjects: History and criticism; Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English; Sensationalism in literature; Realism in literature; English Detective and mystery stories; Criticism and interpretation
Description: This text is devoted to Mary Elizabeth Braddon's complex relationship with the three main Victorian literary genres. Using Braddon's 'Lady Audley's Secret' as a 'haunting' textual presence across her literary career, this study provides a critical reading of a wide range of her novels and short stories.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-213) and index.