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Wilkie Collins in Context

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Melisa Klimaszewski, William Baker, Andrew Gasson, Graham Law, Christopher Pittard, Tara MacDonald, Maria K. Bachman, Deborah Wynne, Caroline Radcliffe, James Aaron Green, Richard Nemesvari, Tim Dolin, Lucy Dougan, Alexis Weedon, Jessica Cox, Catherine Delafield, Lizhen Chen, Emily Bell, Jeanette Roberts Shumaker, Paul Lewis, Tamara S. Wagner, Laurence Talairach, Melissa Raines, Leonee Ormond, Allan W. Atlas, Patricia Cove, Anne-Marie Beller, Susan R. Hanes, Mark Frost, Jenny Bourne Taylor, Heather Tilley, Biwu Shang
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  • Date Published: August 2023
  • availability: Available
  • format: Hardback
  • isbn: 9781316510575

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  • This collection of essays by international scholars celebrates the 200th anniversary of Wilkie Collins's birth by exploring his unconventional life alongside his works, critical responses to his writings and their afterlife, and the literary and cultural contexts which shaped his fiction. Topics discussed include gender, science and medicine, music, law, race and empire, media adaptations, neo-Victorianism, disability, and ethics. Along with an analysis of his novels, the essays included also recognize the importance of his short stories, journalism, and contributions to Victorian theatre, most notably illuminating the strong connections between sensation fiction and melodrama, as well as exploring his influence on film and TV. Engaging with yet also delving far beyond the famous novels, this volume promotes awareness of Collins' remarkable and diverse writerly achievements and paints a vivid portrait of an author whose fluctuating reputation among contemporary critics stands in stark contrast to his immense and still-enduring popularity.

    • Expands understanding of Collins's connections to Victorian culture outside of the boundaries of sensation fiction and reveals his links to such diverse spheres as drama, journalism, and art
    • Shows the way in which Collins's continuing popularity opposed his fluctuating critical reputation and reception, challenging the culturally constructed nature of literary and aesthetic hierarchies
    • Provides a wide range of approaches to the writings of Wilkie Collins, using multidisciplinary methods to expand awareness of his varying achievements
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    • Date Published: August 2023
    • format: Hardback
    • isbn: 9781316510575
    • length: 346 pages
    • dimensions: 235 x 158 x 26 mm
    • weight: 0.7kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Part I. Life and Works:
    1. Life Melisa Klimaszewski
    2. Letters William Baker, Andrew Gasson, and Graham Law
    3. Publishers and editions Andrew Gasson
    4. Early novels Christopher Pittard
    5. Middle novels Tara MacDonald
    6. Late novels Maria K. Bachman
    7. Shorter fiction Graham Law
    8. Journalism Deborah Wynne
    9. Drama Caroline Radcliffe
    Part II. Critical Response and Afterlife:
    10. Contemporary James Aaron Green
    11. After death to T. S. Eliot James Aaron Green
    12. T. S. Eliot to 1990 Richard Nemesvari
    13. 1990 to the present Tim Dolin and Lucy Dougan
    14. Modern media adaptations Alexis Weedon
    15. Neo-victorianism Jessica Cox
    Part III. Contexts: Literary:
    16. Wilkie Collins's library William Baker
    17. Wilkie collins and serialization Catherine Delafield
    18. Wilkie Collins and sensation fiction Richard Nemesvari
    19. Wilkie Collins and Scott Lizhen Chen
    20. Wilkie Collins and Dickens Emily Bell
    21. Wilkie Collins, Mary Braddon, and other women writers Jeanette Roberts Shumaker
    Part IV. Contexts: Cultural and Social:
    22. Money Paul Lewis
    23. Gender Tamara S. Wagner
    24. Science and medicine Laurence Talairach
    25. Language Melissa Raines
    26. Collins and the artists Leonee Ormond
    27. Music Allan W. Atlas
    28. Politics Patricia Cove
    29. Law Anne-Marie Beller
    30.Geography and places Susan R. Hanes
    31. Victorian environments Mark Frost
    32. Race and empire Melisa Klimaszewski
    33. Class status and social identity Jenny Bourne Taylor
    34. Disability Heather Tilley
    35. Ethics Biwu Shang
    Further Reading
    Index.

  • Editors

    William Baker, Hangzhou Normal University, China and Northern Illinois University
    William Baker is Distinguished Chair Qiantang River Professor, Hangzhou Normal University China, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University. A scholar of British literature, he is the author and editor of numerous articles and books, including Wilkie Collins's Library: A Reconstruction (2002), A Wilkie Collins Chronology (2007), The Letters of Wilkie Collins (with William M. Clarke, 1999), The Public Face of Wilkie Collins: The Collected Letters (with Andrew Gasson, Graham Law and Paul Lewis, 2005) and The Collected Letters of Wilkie Collins (with Paul Lewis, Andrew Gasson and Graham Law, 2019).

    Richard Nemesvari, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario
    Richard Nemesvari is Professor of English and former Dean of Arts at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. He has published widely on Victorian fiction, including the works of Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and the Brontës. He is General Editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy.

    Contributors

    Melisa Klimaszewski, William Baker, Andrew Gasson, Graham Law, Christopher Pittard, Tara MacDonald, Maria K. Bachman, Deborah Wynne, Caroline Radcliffe, James Aaron Green, Richard Nemesvari, Tim Dolin, Lucy Dougan, Alexis Weedon, Jessica Cox, Catherine Delafield, Lizhen Chen, Emily Bell, Jeanette Roberts Shumaker, Paul Lewis, Tamara S. Wagner, Laurence Talairach, Melissa Raines, Leonee Ormond, Allan W. Atlas, Patricia Cove, Anne-Marie Beller, Susan R. Hanes, Mark Frost, Jenny Bourne Taylor, Heather Tilley, Biwu Shang

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