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The Maniac in the Cellar: Sensation Novels of the 1860s
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Maniac in the Cellar: Sensation Novels of the 1860s
Contributors:
By (Author) Winifred Hughes
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
823.8
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
224
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
482g
Description
Once a controversial genre of Victorian fiction that produced the major best sellers of its century, the now-forgotten sensation novel was a publishing phenomenon in its time. In a vivid portrait of this subversive and discomfiting popular literature, Winifred Hughes identifies its ingredients, its practitioners, and its implications, and reveals i
