Feminist realism at the fin de siècle : the influence of the late-Victorian woman's press on the development of the novel / by Youngkin, Molly, 1970-

Feminist realism at the fin de siècle : the influence of the late-Victorian woman's press on the development of the novel / by Youngkin, Molly, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…The woman's press at the fin de siècle -- "They are learning to think ... for themselves" : consciousness raised -- "What the girl says" : spoken word as political tool -- Women at work, at war, and on the go : feminist action -- "The realistic method in its best expression" : successful representations of woman's agency and literary reputations -- Engaging and shaping modernism.…”
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Science, fiction, and the fin-de-siècle periodical press / by Tattersdill, Will

“…Science, Fiction, & the <I>Fin-de-Siècle</I> Periodical Press…”
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The shape of fear : horror and the fin de siècle culture of decadence / by Navarette, Susan J., 1960-

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The shape of fear : horror and the fin de siecle culture of decadence / by Navarette, Susan J., 1960-

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Balfour's world : aristocracy and political culture at the fin de siècle / by Ellenberger, Nancy W.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Arthur Balfour -- Men of Fortune -- Domestic Scripts -- Small Wars -- Interlude: 'The Pivot of Politics' -- Strange Friends -- Political Performances -- Country House Party -- Interlude: Fin de Siècle -- Terra Incognita -- Celebrity and Scan -- 1895 -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Balfour's world : aristocracy and political culture at the fin de siècle / by Ellenberger, Nancy W.

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Affective Communities : Anticolonial Thought, Fin-de-Siècle Radicalism, and the Politics of Friendship / by Gandhi, Leela, 1966-

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Henry James in context /

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New directions in Anglo-Jewish history /

Table of Contents: “…Between daydream and nightmare: fin de siècle Jewish journeys and the British imagination / Hannah Ewence -- The Jews of leeds: immigrant identity in the provinces 1880-1920 / James Appell -- "Good Jews and civilized, self-reliant Englishmen": crafting Anglo-Jewish education in the 19th century / Sara Abosch -- What's in a name?…”
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London's underground spaces : representing the Victorian city, 1840-1915 / by Hwang, Haewon

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Imprint; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Incontinent City: Sewers, Disgust and Liminality; Chapter 2 Tubing It: Speeding through Modernity n the London Underground; Chapter 3 The (Un)Buried Life: Death in the Modern Necropolis; Chapter 4 Underground Revolutions: Invisible Networks of Terror in Fin-de-Siècle London; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.…”
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The return of the repressed : gothic horror from The Castle of Otranto to Alien / by Clemens, Valdine, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Precedents for "Gothic" fear : Medieval life, Jacobean drama, and eighteenth-century attitudes -- Sexual violence and woman's place : The Castle of Otranto -- Sentiment versus horror : generic ambivalence in female Gothic and Ann Radcliffe's A Sicilian romance -- Public censorship and personal repression : The Monk -- The industrial demon : Frankenstein -- The descent of man and the anxiety of upward mobility : The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde -- The reptilian brain at the fin de siécle : Dracula -- American Gothic : historical and psychological critique in Stephen King's The Shining -- Alien and the future of Gothic.…”

Ouida the phenomenon : evolving social, political, and gender concerns in her fiction / by Schroeder, Natalie, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: a miracle of modern literature -- Dandies, angels, and adventuresses -- Ouida in transition: "romanticist pure et simple" and champion of the oppressed -- Ouida's tragic vision: materialism, commodification, and the artist -- Male predators, female victims, and the plight of the female artist: "the glory disk of females is only a crown of thorns" -- Love, pity, and indictment: the poetics and politics of the Italian novels -- Subversion and submission to male power in Ouida's female gothic -- European novels of society: fantasies of female empowerment -- Marriage and the Ouidean new woman: the bondage of domestic monotony -- The fin de siècle: the age of "decadence".…”

Business of beauty : gender and the body in modern London / by Clark, Jessica P.

Table of Contents: “…Female Enterprise at the Fin-de-Siècle: Jeannette Pomeroy -- 7. From Beauty Culturist to Beauty Magnate: Helena Rubinstein -- Epilogue -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The business of beauty : gender and the body in modern London / by Clark, Jessica P.

Table of Contents: “…Female Enterprise at the Fin-de-Siècle: Jeannette Pomeroy -- 7. From Beauty Culturist to Beauty Magnate: Helena Rubinstein -- Epilogue -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Theology, horror and fiction : a reading of the Gothic nineteenth century / by Greenaway, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Gothic and theology -- Monstrosity and the problem of evil: A theologico-literary understanding of personhood in Frankenstein and Paradise Lost -- 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God': Gothic revelation and monstrous theology in the Gothic's Calvinist legacy -- Gothic writing and political theology: Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre as theological texts -- 'Through a Glass Darkly': Reading the Victorian ghost story theologically -- The limitations of materialism: Fin-de-siècle Gothic, sin and subjectivity and the insufficiency of degeneration -- Conclusion: Through the Gothic castle, back to theology.…”

Angela Carter : writing from the front line / by Gamble, Sarah, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…'Once more into the mangle' -- 'Flesh and the mirror' -- 'The mother lode' -- 'My father's house' -- 'Truly, it felt like year one' -- 'The man who loved a double bass' -- Shadow dance -- Several perceptions -- The magic toyshop -- Heroes and villains -- Love -- 'Fin de siecle' -- The Sadeian woman -- Fireworks -- The infernal desire machines of Doctor Hoffman -- The passion of new Eve -- The bloody chamber -- 'Masochism for the masses' -- Black Venus -- 'The bloody chamber' -- Nights at the circus -- Wise children -- American ghosts and Old World wonders.…”
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The Victorian novel in context / by Moore, Grace, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half title; Series page; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE Contexts; 1 Victorianism; A reforming age; The city; Poverty; Chartism; Money; Education; Religious crises; Evolution and faith; The angel in the house; The fin de siècle; The New Woman; The Dandy and homosexuality at the fin de siècle; Atavism and degeneration; The Whitechapel murders and the Nemesis of Neglect; The Empire; 2 Literary context; The form of the novel; The Bildungsroman; Realism; The problem of ending; The fl ight from the real; Review; Reading…”
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Life's little ironies : a set of tales, with some colloquial sketches entitled A few crusted characters / by Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928