Wilkie Collins in Context by William Baker

Wilkie Collins in Context by William Baker

This collection of essays by international scholars celebrates the 200th anniversary of Wilkie Collins's birth by exploring his unconventional life alongside his works, critical responses to his writings and their afterlife, and the literary and cultural contexts which shaped his fiction. Topics discussed include gender, science and medicine, music, law, race and empire, media adaptations, neo-Victorianism, disability, and ethics. Along with an analysis of his novels, the essays included also recognize the importance of his short stories, journalism, and contributions to Victorian theatre, most notably illuminating the strong connections between sensation fiction and melodrama, as well as exploring his influence on film and TV. Engaging with yet also delving far beyond the famous novels, this volume promotes awareness of Collins' remarkable and diverse writerly achievements and paints a vivid portrait of an author whose fluctuating reputation among contemporary critics stands in stark contrast to his immense and still-enduring popularity.

William Baker is Distinguished Chair Qiantang River Professor, Hangzhou Normal University China, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University. A scholar of British literature, he is the author and editor of numerous articles and books, including Wilkie Collins's Library: A Reconstruction (2002), A Wilkie Collins Chronology (2007), The Letters of Wilkie Collins (with William M. Clarke, 1999), The Public Face of Wilkie Collins: The Collected Letters (with Andrew Gasson, Graham Law and Paul Lewis, 2005) and The Collected Letters of Wilkie Collins (with Paul Lewis, Andrew Gasson and Graham Law, 2019). Richard Nemesvari is Professor of English and former Dean of Arts at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. He has published widely on Victorian fiction, including the works of Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and the Brontës. He is General Editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy.

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ISBN 13	9781316510575
ISBN 10	1316510573
Title	Wilkie Collins in Context
Author	William Baker
Series	Literature In Context
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2023-08-10
Number of pages	346
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