Wilkie Collins in context / edited by William Baker, Richard Nemesvari.

Other author Baker, William, 1944- editor.
Other author Nemesvari, Richard, editor.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Descriptionxxxv, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Life / Melisa Klimaszewski -- Letters / William Baker, Andrew Gasson, and Graham Law -- Publishers and editions / Andrew Gasson -- Early novels / Christopher Pittard -- Middle novels / Tara MacDonald -- Late novels / Maria K. Bachman -- Shorter fiction / Graham Law -- Journalism / Deborah Wynne -- Drama / Caroline Radcliffe -- Contemporary / James Aaron Green -- After death to T.S. Eliot / James Aaron Green -- T.S. Eliot to 1990 / Richard Nemesvari -- 1990 to the present / Tim Dolin and Lucy Dougan -- Modern media adaptations / Alexis Weedon -- Neo-victorianism / Jessica Cox -- Wilkie Collins's library / William Baker -- Wilkie collins and serialization / Catherine Delafield -- Wilkie Collins and sensation fiction / Richard Nemesvari -- Wilkie Collins and Scott / Lizhen Chen -- Wilkie Collins and Dickens / Emily Bell -- Wilkie Collins, Mary Braddon, and other women writers / Jeanette Roberts Shumaker -- Money / Paul Lewis -- Gender / Tamara S. Wagner -- Science and medicine / Laurence Talairach -- Language / Melissa Raines -- Collins and the artists /Leonee Ormond -- Music / Allan W. Atlas -- Politics / Patricia Cove -- Law / Anne-Marie Beller -- Geography and places / Susan R. Hanes -- Victorian environments / Mark Frost -- Race and empire /Melisa Klimaszewski -- Class status and social identity / Jenny Bourne Taylor -- Disability / Heather Tilley -- Ethics / Biwu Shang.
Abstract "This international collection of essays celebrates the 200th anniversary of Wilkie Collins's birth by exploring his multi-faceted impact on nineteenth-century culture. Examining his lesser-known and shorter works alongside the great novels, this volume provides new perspectives for both students and admirers fascinated by his complex fictions"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Wilkie Collins in context Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009038157
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2023003486
ISBN9781316510575
ISBN1316510573
ISBN9781009017619 (paperback)
ISBN1009017616
ISBN(epub)

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