The Serious Pleasures of Suspense

The Serious Pleasures of Suspense
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 0813922178
ISBN-13 : 9780813922171
Rating : 4/5 (171 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Serious Pleasures of Suspense by : Caroline Levine

Download or read book The Serious Pleasures of Suspense written by Caroline Levine and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars have long recognized that narrative suspense dominates the formal dynamics of 19th-century British fiction. This study argues that various 19th-century thinkers - John Ruskin, Michael Faraday, Charlotte Bronte - saw suspense as a vehicle for a new approach to knowledge called "realism".


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