The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature, 1790–1910
- ISBN-10
- 1611475635
- ISBN-13
- 9781611475630
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-08-31
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson
- Author
- Heather L. Braun
Description
The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale: From Gothic Ghosts to Victorian Vamps explores the 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, this study sheds new light on emerging notions of gender, sexuality, and power throughout the long nineteenth century.
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