| Reinventing Marie Corelli for the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Ayres, Brenda (Editor), Maier, Sarah E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1783089431 ISBN-13: 9781783089437 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Feminist |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| LCCN: 2019012570 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.13 lbs) 234 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the purpose of introducing Marie Corelli to a new generation of readers and of reconsidering her works for generations familiar with them, 'Reinventing Marie Corelli for the Twenty-First Century' demonstrates how provocative Corelli was as a public figure and how controversial and paradoxical were the views about womanhood and the supernatural pitched in her novels. This collection of original essays focuses on three major battles that engaged Corelli: her personal and public contentions, her mercurial constructions of gender and resistance to the New Woman modality and her untenable reconciliation of science with the supernatural. Corelli was often fighting several fronts at the same time; she rarely was not at war with someone including herself. |