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Zusatztext Beth Palmer's study of women sensation writers who were also editors of monthly magazines is an important contribution to the history of Victorian fiction and print culture as well as to women's studies. ... For establishing the importance of these performative sensation author-editors in print and literary history, Palmer's new study is a welcome addition to scholarship. Informationen zum Autor Beth Palmer completed her doctorate at Trinity College, Oxford. She has taught at Keble College, Oxford, the University of Leeds, and is now a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Surrey. Klappentext This book brings new perspectives to the study of sensation fiction in the Victorian period. It examines Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Ellen Wood, and Florence Marryat's magazines alongside their fiction to explore the self-conscious and complex ways they used sensation to re-work contemporary notions of female agency. Zusammenfassung This book brings new perspectives to the study of sensation fiction in the Victorian period. It examines Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Ellen Wood, and Florence Marryat's magazines alongside their fiction to explore the self-conscious and complex ways they used sensation to re-work contemporary notions of female agency. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: A different context for sensation: serialisation, celebrity culture, and the feminist press 2: Mary Elizabeth Braddon's 'Strong Measures' 3: Ellen Wood, religious feeling, and sensation 4: Florence Marryat on page and on stage 5: The New Woman, the legacies of sensation, and the press of the 1890s Conclusion Bibliography Index
