A new scholarly edition of a major late-Victorian scientific romance novel
Marie 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 Features
Contains 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
| ISBN: | 9781474481663 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2021 |
| Author: | Marie Corelli |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Anthologies: general Historical romance Classic fiction: general and literary Science Fiction Romance / Relationship Stories |
A new scholarly edition of a major late-Victorian scientific romance novel
Marie 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 Features
Contains 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
A Romance of Two Worlds features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Anthologies: general, Historical romance, Classic fiction: general and literary, Science Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories
A Romance of Two Worlds is available in Paperback, Hardback
A Romance of Two Worlds was written by Marie Corelli and published by Edinburgh University Press
A Romance of Two Worlds has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts series
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