Marie Corelli, A Romance of Two Worlds : : A Novel / / Marie Corelli, Andrew D Radford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Corelli, Marie,; Radford, Andrew D,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

A new scholarly edition of a major late-Victorian scientific romance novelMarie Corelli’s A Romance of Two Worlds is regarded as one of the most culturally important Victorian bestsellers. This critical edition offers instructive access to this multifaceted but still largely underappreciated novel that is a key text for scholars and students of late-Victorian women’s writing. It also raises urgent questions about a wide array of textual and cultural concerns, especially the form and function of the Victorian ‘bestseller’.Key FeaturesContains a thorough critical and analytical introduction, annotations and appendicesProvides context and underlines the aesthetic significance of Corelli’s supernatural romanceEngages with the full range of secondary scholarship on this neglected late-Victorian author

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Introduction -- A Note on the Text -- Further Reading -- Volume I -- Contents of Vol. I -- Prologue -- I. An Artist’s Studio -- II. The Mysterious Potion -- III. Three Visions -- IV. A Dance and a Promise -- V. Cellini’s Story -- VI. The Hôtel Mars and its Owner -- VII. Zara and Prince Ivan -- VIII. A Symphony in the Air -- IX. An Electric Shock -- Volume II -- Contents of Vol. II -- I. My Strange Departure -- II. A Miniature Creation -- III. Secrets of the Sun and Moon -- IV. Sociable Converse -- V. The Electric Creed -- VI. Death by Lightning -- VII. A Struggle for the Mastery -- VIII. Conclusion -- Appendices