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
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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.
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AcknowledgementsSeries Editor’s PrefaceIntroductionA Note on the TextFurther Reading A Romance of Two Worlds. A Novel Volume IPrologue I. An Artist’s Studio II. The Mysterious Potion III. Three Visions IV. A Dance and a Promise V. Cellini’s Story VI. The Hotel Mars and its Owner VII. Zara and Prince Ivan VIII. A Symphony in the Air IX. An Electric Shock Volume III. My Strange DepartureII. A Miniature CreationIII. Secrets of the Sun and MoonIV. Sociable ConverseV. The Electric CreedVI. Death by LightningVII. The Struggle for the MasteryVIII. Conclusion Appendices
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Contains a thorough critical and analytical introduction, annotations and appendices

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ISBN
9781474481663
Publisert
2021-02-16
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
441 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

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Marie Corelli was a best-selling English author of more than 20 romantic melodramatic novels. Andrew Radford is Senior Lecturer in Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. His books include The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism, Myth and Religion (co-edited with Suzanne Hobson, 2023), British Experimental Women’s Fiction, 1945–1975 (co-edited with Hannah Van Hove, 2021), The Occult Imagination in Britain 1875–1947 (co-edited with Christine Ferguson, 2018), Mary Butts and British Neo-Romanticism (2014) and Mapping the Wessex Novel (2010). He has recently published a critical edition of George Borrow’s autobiographical novel Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest with Edinburgh University Press (2023).