228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is the first full-length study of the popular Victorian writer Catherine Crowe (1790-1872). Crowe is increasingly being recognised as an important and influential figure in the literary and Spiritualist circles of the nineteenth century. This monograph offers a reassessment of her major works, arguing that her writing is prescient. Best known today for her collection of "real" ghost tales... Read more
Introduction
Part One: From Newgate to Sensation
Chapter One: The Newgate Novel, Crime, and Detection in Catherine Crowe’s Early Fiction
Chapter Two: Forays into Sensation
Part Two: Realism and Politics
Chapter Three: Class, Poverty, and Realism
Chapter Four: Radical Social Politics
Part Three: Gender
Chapter Five: Women’s Position and Women’s Rights
Chapter Six: Crowe’s Men
Part Four: Supernature and the Gothic
Chapter Seven: Ghosts of the Old and New School
Chapter Eight: The Gothic Short Stories
Biography
Ruth Heholt is senior lecturer in English at Falmouth University, UK.
