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Author:

Braun, Heather, 1975-

Title:

The rise and fall of the femme fatale in British literature, 1790-1910 / Heather Braun.

Publisher:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xii, 163 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Femmes fatales in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Man-woman relationships in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Literary form and the nineteenth-century femme fatale -- The gothic ballad and the supernatural femme fatale -- The realist novel and the romanticized femme fatale -- From sensation novel to vampire tale: the erotic femme fatale -- Decadence, self-awareness, and the decline of the femme fatale -- Conclusion: reprising the femme fatale.

ISBN:

1611475635 (electronic)
9781611475630 (electronic)
1611475627 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611475623 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)795177997

LCCN:

2012022835

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)