Dickens's villains : melodrama, character, popular culture / Juliet John.

Author/creator John, Juliet, 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Descriptionxiii, 258 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Intellectual incorrectness: melodrama, populism, cultural hierarchies -- The villains of stage melodrama: romanticism and the politics of character -- Dickens, acting, and ambivalence: periodical passions -- Melodramatic poetics and the gothic villain: interiority, deviance, emotion -- Twisting the Newgate tale: popular culture, pleasure, and the politics of genre -- Dickens and dandyism: masking interiority -- Byronic baddies, melodramatic anxieties -- Sincerely deviant women
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [238]-252) and index.
LCCN 00053038
ISBN0198184611 (acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PR4592.V54 J65 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold