Victorian Sensation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Victorian Sensation write by James A. Secord. This book was released on 2003-09-20. Victorian Sensation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fiction or philosophy, profound knowledge or shocking heresy? When Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. More than a hundred thousand readers were spellbound by its startling vision—an account of the world that extended from the formation of the solar system to the spiritual destiny of humanity. As gripping as a popular novel, Vestiges combined all the current scientific theories in fields ranging from astronomy and geology to psychology and economics. The book was banned, it was damned, it was hailed as the gospel for a new age. This is where our own public controversies about evolution began. In a pioneering cultural history, James A. Secord uses the story of Vestiges to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the perspective of its readers. We join apprentices in a factory town as they debate the consequences of an evolutionary ancestry. We listen as Prince Albert reads aloud to Queen Victoria from a book that preachers denounced as blasphemy vomited from the mouth of Satan. And we watch as Charles Darwin turns its pages in the flea-ridden British Museum library, fearful for the fate of his own unpublished theory of evolution. Using secret letters, Secord reveals how Vestiges was written and how the anonymity of its author was maintained for forty years. He also takes us behind the scenes to a bustling world of publishers, printers, and booksellers to show how the furor over the book reflected the emerging industrial economy of print. Beautifully written and based on painstaking research, Victorian Sensation offers a new approach to literary history, the history of reading, and the history of science. Profusely illustrated and full of fascinating stories, it is the most comprehensive account of the making and reception of a book (other than the Bible) ever attempted. Winner of the 2002 Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society
Neo-Victorianism and Sensation Fiction
Neo-Victorianism and Sensation Fiction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Neo-Victorianism and Sensation Fiction write by Jessica Cox. This book was released on 2019-11-11. Neo-Victorianism and Sensation Fiction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book represents the first full-length study of the relationship between neo-Victorianism and nineteenth-century sensation fiction. It examines the diverse and multiple legacies of Victorian popular fiction by authors such as Wilkie Collins and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, tracing their influence on a range of genres and works, including detective fiction, YA writing, Gothic literature, and stage and screen adaptations. In doing so, it forces a reappraisal of critical understandings of neo-Victorianism in terms of its origins and meanings, as well as offering an important critical intervention in popular fiction studies. The work traces the afterlife of Victorian sensation fiction, taking in the neo-Gothic writing of Daphne du Maurier and Victoria Holt, contemporary popular historical detective and YA fiction by authors including Elizabeth Peters and Philip Pullman, and the literary fiction of writers such as Joanne Harris and Charles Palliser. The work will appeal to scholars and students of Victorian fiction, neo-Victorianism, and popular culture alike.
A Companion to Sensation Fiction
A Companion to Sensation Fiction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Companion to Sensation Fiction write by Pamela K. Gilbert. This book was released on 2011-06-20. A Companion to Sensation Fiction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and works, its major themes, and its lasting legacy. Places key authors and novels in their cultural and historical context Includes studies of major topics such as race, gender, melodrama, theatre, poetry, realism in fiction, and connections to other art forms Contributions from top international scholars approach an important literary genre from a range of perspectives Offers both a pre and post-history of the genre to situate it in the larger tradition of Victorian publishing and literature Incorporates coverage of traditional research and cutting-edge contemporary scholarship
The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction
The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction write by Andrew Mangham. This book was released on 2013-10-17. The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Accessible and comprehensive account of the sensation novel of the nineteenth century.
Victorian Sensation
Victorian Sensation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Victorian Sensation write by Michael Diamond. This book was released on 2004. Victorian Sensation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A captivating look at the origins of our own tabloid culture in the salacious and titillating media of the Victorian era.
