Marie Corelli: Modernism, Morality, and Metaphysics

ISBN-13: 9780367405267 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 148 str.

Carol Margaret Davison; Elaine M. Hartnell

Opis

This collection reappraises and retheorizes Marie Corelli’s diverse fictional writings and locates them in their contemporary literary and social context. This book was originally published as a special issue of Women’s Writing.

Spis treści

1. Introduction – Marie Corelli: A Critical Reappraisal  2. Moral Uncertainty and the Afterlife: Explaining the Popularity of Marie Corelli’s Early Novels  3. The Corellian Romance contra Modernity: The Treasure of Heaven and Innocent  4. ‘‘Je t’aime . . . moi non plus’’: Deconstructing Love in Open Confession to a Man from a Woman  5. The Genius in Ardath: The Story of A Dead Self  6. Marie Corelli’s Best-selling Electric Creed  7. Morals and Metaphysics: Marie Corelli, Religion and the Gothic  8. Marie Corelli’s Barabbas, The Sorrows of Satan and Generic Transition