The rise and fall of the femme fatale in British literature, 1790-1910 [electronic resource] / Heather Brown.

The rise and fall of the femme fatale in British literature, 1790-1910 [electronic resource] / Heather Brown.

9781611475630 (electronic book)

Madison, N.J. ; Teaneck, N.J. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2012]

©2012

English

1 online resource (xii, 163 pages) : illustrations, photographs.

PR468.F47 .B73 2012eb

820.9/3522

"The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale: From Gothic Ghosts to Victorian Vamps"; femme fatale's career in nineteenth-century British literature. It traces her evolution-and devolution-formally, historically, and ideologically through a selection of plays, poems, novels, and personal correspondence. Considering well-known fatal women alongside more obscure ones, "The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale sheds new light on emerging notions of gender, sexuality, and power throughout the long nineteenth century. By placing the fatal woman in a still developing literary and cultural narrative, this study examines how the femme fatale adapts over time, reflecting popular tastes and socio-economic landscapes.

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