Screen LibraryNeo-Victorian villains : adaptations and transformations in popular culture /
Neo-Victorian Villains' is the first edited collection to examine the afterlives of such Victorian villains as Dracula, Svengali, Dorian Gray and Jekyll and Hyde, exploring their representation in neo-Victorian drama and fiction. In addition, 'Neo-Victorian Villains' examines a number...
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| Group Author: | |
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| Published: |
Brill Rodopi,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Neo-Victorian series,
volume 7 |
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| Summary: |
Neo-Victorian Villains' is the first edited collection to examine the afterlives of such Victorian villains as Dracula, Svengali, Dorian Gray and Jekyll and Hyde, exploring their representation in neo-Victorian drama and fiction. In addition, 'Neo-Victorian Villains' examines a number of villainous types, from the spirit medium and the femme fatale to the imperial 'native' and the ventriloquist, and traces their development from Victorian times through the twentieth century. Chapters analyse recent theatre, films and television - from 'Ripper Street' to Marvel superhero movies - as well as c |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004322240 9004322248 |
| Index Number: | PR151 |
| CLC: |
J905 I106 |
| Call Number: | I106/N438-1 |