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Disease, Desire, and the Body in Victorian Women's Popular Novels

About Disease, Desire, and the Body in Victorian Women's Popular Novels

Pamela Gilbert argues that popular fiction in mid-Victorian Britain was regarded as both feminine and diseased. She discusses, in particular, work by three very popular women novelists of the time - M. E. Braddon, Rhoda Broughton, and 'Ouida' - in the context of their reception by readers and critics.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521593236
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 220
  • Published:
  • November 26, 1997
  • Dimensions:
  • 161x235x19 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 440 g.
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Description of Disease, Desire, and the Body in Victorian Women's Popular Novels

Pamela Gilbert argues that popular fiction in mid-Victorian Britain was regarded as both feminine and diseased. She discusses, in particular, work by three very popular women novelists of the time - M. E. Braddon, Rhoda Broughton, and 'Ouida' - in the context of their reception by readers and critics.

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