Beyond Scandal: Seeking Morality in Sensation Fiction

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dc.contributor.advisorLedbetter, Kathryn
dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Bethany N.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLeder, Priscillaen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRosenberg, Teyaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-14T17:11:54Z
dc.date.available2011-09-14T17:11:54Z
dc.date.issued2011-05
dc.description.abstractContemporary critics condemned sensation novels on the grounds of excessive immorality. However, three of the most popular sensation novels display a pattern of increased social status as a reward for good behavior is common, clearly suggesting that notions about the genre as immoral are misguided. The thesis demonstrates the ways upward social migration rewards good behavior, while the downward spiral of those in social power as punishment for immoral behavior indicates that the sensation novel actually supports a very traditional framework of Victorian morality, rather than disrupting morality.
dc.description.departmentEnglish
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent78 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationMaxwell, B. (2011). Beyond scandal: Seeking morality in sensation fiction (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/2521
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectsensation fiction
dc.subjectsensation literature
dc.subjectsensation novel
dc.subjectVictorian novel
dc.subjectCollins, Wilkie
dc.subjectWood, Ellen
dc.subjectBraddon, Mary Elizabeth
dc.subjectVictorian morality
dc.subjectThe Woman in White
dc.subjectLady Audley's Secret
dc.subjectEast Lynne
dc.titleBeyond Scandal: Seeking Morality in Sensation Fiction
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish
thesis.degree.disciplineLiterature
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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