Clothing in the Sensation Novel (abstract)
The Victorian era was a time of rapid change in most aspects of society, including clothing, industry, technology, and literature. Changes to both literature and fashion were highly controversial,...
View ArticleSensation Novels 1: About the topic, and secondary source research
Hi, all! I seem to have left all the writing about my research to the end, but here goes. For my first post, I’m going to go a little more into what sensation fiction is and why I chose this topic, and...
View ArticleSensation Novels 2: Issues in Victorian dress culture
In this post, I’d like to talk about different ideas from my secondary source research that came into my readings of Victorian sensation novels. As I mentioned in my first post, Victorian society was...
View ArticleSensation Novels 3: Multi-facetedness and the modern lens
The first thing is the complexity, the multi-facetedness of both Victorian society and the role of dress in any culture. I’ve talked enough about the complexity of Victorian society, so I won’t go into...
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