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Author:
Tarr, Clayton Carlyle, author.
Title:
Personation plots : identity fraud in Victorian sensation fiction / Clayton Carlyle Tarr.
Publisher:
State University of New York Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
1800-1899
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
False personation in literature.
Sensationalism in literature.
False personation--Great Britain--History--19th century.
History.
English fiction.
False personation.
Sensationalism in literature.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Skins to jump into -- Altered beyond chance of recognition -- First interlude: Alice Grey -- That lost personality -- This unclean spirit of imitation -- Second interlude: Mary Jane Furneaux -- A daring imposture -- That mysterious paper currency -- Afterword: Reverse personation.
Summary:
"Examines the fascination with identity fraud in sensation fiction and Victorian culture more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century
ISBN:
1438490836
9781438490830
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1322367415
LCCN:
2022011078
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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