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Corelli, Marie [Author]; Radford, Andrew D [Author]

Marie Corelli, A Romance of Two Worlds

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Marie Corelli, A Romance of Two Worlds : A Novel
  • Contains: Frontmatter
    Contents
    Acknowledgements
    Series Editor’s Preface
    Introduction
    A Note on the Text
    Further Reading
    Volume I
    Contents of Vol. I
    Prologue
    I. An Artist’s Studio
    II. The Mysterious Potion
    III. Three Visions
    IV. A Dance and a Promise
    V. Cellini’s Story
    VI. The Hôtel Mars and its Owner
    VII. Zara and Prince Ivan
    VIII. A Symphony in the Air
    IX. An Electric Shock
    Volume II
    Contents of Vol. II
    I. My Strange Departure
    II. A Miniature Creation
    III. Secrets of the Sun and Moon
    IV. Sociable Converse
    V. The Electric Creed
    VI. Death by Lightning
    VII. A Struggle for the Mastery
    VIII. Conclusion
    Appendices
  • Contributor: Corelli, Marie [Author]; Radford, Andrew D [Author]
  • Published: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
  • Published in: Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (288 p.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/9781474441926
  • ISBN: 9781474441926
  • Identifier:
  • Keywords: Christian life Fiction ; English fiction Women authors 19th century ; Mystics Fiction ; Space and time Fiction ; Teleportation Fiction ; Literary Studies ; LITERARY CRITICISM / General
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  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: A new scholarly edition of a major late-Victorian scientific romance novelMarie 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 FeaturesContains 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
  • Access State: Restricted Access | Information to licenced electronic resources of the SLUB