Marmaduke Herbert; or, the Fatal Error by Marguerite Blessington Chawton House Library: Women's Novels Series
Coordonnateur : Schmid Susanne
In the early and mid-nineteenth century, Marguerite Blessington, who had been born in Ireland but spent most of her life in London, became a famous salonnière; she was generally regarded as an important contemporary author, but as no literary executor took care of her oeuvre posthumously, she eventually moved into the background. Her novels, partly informed by the silver-fork genre, are typical examples of Romantic Victorianism, influenced by the Romantic cult of the solitary male self, by the fascination with Italy, and by the 1840s vogue of crime fiction, while simultaneously giving space to ambivalent reflections about Blessington?s own Irish background.
This volume, as part of ?Chawton House Library: Women?s Novels? series, presents her 1847 novel Marmaduke Herbert; or, the Fatal Error, a highly popular piece of fiction in its day, being reprinted in German, French and American editions within a year of its publication.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Select Bibliography; Note on the Text; Marmaduke Herbert; Editorial Notes; Silent Corrections; Textual Variants in the American Edition
PD Dr. Susanne Schmid is based in the Department of English, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Date de parution : 08-2018
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de Marmaduke Herbert; or, the Fatal Error :
Mots-clés :
Young Man; British Literature; Eye Lids; Nineteenth Century Literature; Fine Day; Romanic Literature; Human Kind; Novel; Violated; Women's Literature; Disengaging; Wo; Dear Husband; Heavy Affliction; Brain Fever; Instinctive Dread; Poor Mistress; Fevered Brow; Drew Back; Marked Coldness; Deep Blushes; Violent Paroxysm; Worthy Pastor; Terrible Night; Dear Mother; Honey Moon; Kind Man; Dear Papa; Evening Visit; Mother’s Chamber