Victorian melodrama in the twenty-first century : Jane Eyre, Twilight, and the mode of excess in girl culture /: Jane Eyre, Twilight, and the mode of excess in girl culture. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Katie Kapurch.
• Authors: Kapurch, Katie, 1983-
• Contents: Introduction: Melodrama, power, and girl culture -- Powerless protagonists: melodramatic heroines of Victorian and postfeminist girlhood -- Spatial invasions and melodrama's narrative structure: innocence, villainy, and vigilance in girlhood -- Musical gestures: melodramatic lullabies of anxious desire -- Secrets revealed, feelings moralized: girls' confessional intimacy and emotional agency -- Melodrama's gothic remnants: nightmares and vampire-girl doubles -- Suffering, separation, and crying: melodrama, tears, and girls' emotional empowerment -- Melodrama's happily-ever-after? girls, re-reading, and resistance -- Epilogue: In the post-Twilight afterglow -- Appendix: Methodology: girls' online fandom.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 813.009/352352; American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 19th century -- Influence; Girls in literature; Heroines in literature; Melodrama -- History and criticism; Melodrama in motion pictures; Girls -- Books and reading; Excess (Philosophy); Emotions in literature; Fan fiction -- History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General; American fiction; Emotions in literature; English literature -- Influence; Excess (Philosophy); Fan fiction; Girls -- Books and reading; Girls in literature; Heroines in literature; Melodrama; Melodrama in motion pictures; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137581693; 1137581697
• Related ISBNs: 9781137590602; 1137590602
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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