Wilkie Collins in context / edited by William Baker, Richard Nemesvari.
| Other author | Baker, William, 1944- editor. |
| Other author | Nemesvari, Richard, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. |
| Description | xxxv, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Wilkie Collins in context Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009038157 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2023003486 |
| ISBN | 9781316510575 |
| ISBN | 1316510573 |
| ISBN | 9781009017619 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1009017616 |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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