Marie Corelli

Marie Corelli, A Romance of Two Worlds (eBook, PDF)

A Novel
Redaktion: Radford, Andrew D.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A new scholarly edition of a major late-Victorian scientific romance novelMarie Corelli's A Romance of Two Worlds is regarded as one of the most culturally important Victorian bestsellers. This critical edition offers instructive access to this multifaceted but still largely underappreciated novel that is a key text for scholars and students of late-Victorian women's writing. It also raises urgent questions about a wide array of textual and cultural concerns, especially the form and function of the Victorian 'bestseller'.Key FeaturesContains a thorough critical and analytical introduction, annotations and appendicesProvides context and underlines the aesthetic significance of Corelli's supernatural romanceEngages with the full range of secondary scholarship on this neglected late-Victorian author

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474441926
• Artikelnr.: 72431223

Autorenporträt

Marie Corelli was a best-selling English author of more than 20 romantic melodramatic novels.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Series Editor's Preface
Introduction
A Note on the Text
Further Reading
A Romance of Two Worlds. A Novel
Volume I
Prologue
I. An Artist's Studio
II. The Mysterious Potion
III. Three Visions
IV. A Dance and a Promise
V. Cellini's Story
VI. The Hotel Mars and its Owner
VII. Zara and Prince Ivan
VIII. A Symphony in the Air
IX. An Electric Shock
Volume II
I. My Strange Departure
II. A Miniature Creation
III. Secrets of the Sun and Moon
IV. Sociable Converse
V. The Electric Creed
VI. Death by Lightning
VII. The Struggle for the Mastery
VIII. Conclusion
Appendices