The rise and fall of the femme fatale in British literature, 1790-1910
By: Heather Braun
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Madison [N.J.]; Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781611475623; 9781611475630
Subjects: Femmes fatales in literature; English literature; Sex role in literature; History and criticism; Man-woman relationships in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Literary form and the nineteenth-century femme fatale; title: The gothic ballad and the supernatural femme fatale; title: The realist novel and the romanticized femme fatale; title: From sensation novel to vampire tale: the erotic femme fatale; title: Decadence, self-awareness, and the decline of the femme fatale; title: Conclusion: reprising the femme fatale.