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  Title

  The femme fatale in Victorian literature : the danger and the sexual threat

  Author

  Hedgecock, Jennifer.  

  Publisher:

  Cambria Press,

  Pub date:

  c2008.

  Physical desc:

  xviii, 230 p. ;

  ISBN:

  9781604975185

  Copy info:

  1 copy available in Shelved by call number, A-L 4th Floor, N-Z 3rd Floor.
  1 copy total in all locations.

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  The femme fatale in Victorian literature : the danger and the sexual threat
  Hedgecock, Jennifer.
  

  ISBN:

  9781604975185 (alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  1604975180 (alk. paper)

  Personal Author:

  Hedgecock, Jennifer.

  Title:

  The femme fatale in Victorian literature : the danger and the sexual threat / Jennifer Hedgecock.

  Publication info:

  Amherst, N.Y. : Cambria Press, c2008.

  Physical descrip:

  xviii, 230 p. ; 24 cm.

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index.

  Contents:

  The femme fatale masquerading beyond fallenness -- "The old writing on the wall" : Dickens' fatal woman Rosa Dartle -- The cultural phenomenon of the mid-Victorian femme fatale -- Social class anxieties and gender definition in Lady Audley's secret -- Sexual danger and the threat of the femme fatale in Armadale -- Fallen or fatal? Feminine representation of Hardy's Tess -- The image of the femme fatale and emergence of the new woman.

  Subject term:

  Femmes fatales in literature.

  Subject term:

  English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

  Subject term:

  Women in literature.

  Subject term:

  Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.

  Subject term:

  Middle class women--Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.

  Subject term:

  Feminism and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

  Subject term:

  Feminism in literature.

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ISBN:

9781604975185 (alk. paper)

ISBN:

1604975180 (alk. paper)

Personal Author:

Hedgecock, Jennifer.

Title:

The femme fatale in Victorian literature : the danger and the sexual threat / Jennifer Hedgecock.

Publication info:

Amherst, N.Y. : Cambria Press, c2008.

Physical descrip:

xviii, 230 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index.

Contents:

The femme fatale masquerading beyond fallenness -- "The old writing on the wall" : Dickens' fatal woman Rosa Dartle -- The cultural phenomenon of the mid-Victorian femme fatale -- Social class anxieties and gender definition in Lady Audley's secret -- Sexual danger and the threat of the femme fatale in Armadale -- Fallen or fatal? Feminine representation of Hardy's Tess -- The image of the femme fatale and emergence of the new woman.

Subject term:

Femmes fatales in literature.

Subject term:

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

Subject term:

Women in literature.

Subject term:

Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.

Subject term:

Middle class women--Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.

Subject term:

Feminism and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Subject term:

Feminism in literature.