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Sensation novel

The sensation novel, also sensation fiction, was a literary genre of fiction that achieved its peak popularity in Great Britain from the mid-1850s to the 1890s, centring on taboo material that was shocking to its readers. The material itself was a means of musing on contemporary social anxieties.

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related to Themes and reception · 16
Sensation novel → England, Fair, Fiction, For Anthony Trollope, Foul, Gilbert, Gothic, Henry Longueville Mansel, However, It, John Ruskin, Quarterly, Some, Typically, Victorian-era, When
related to Further reading · 13
Sensation novel → Anna, Cellar, DOI, English Literature, Hughes, Peak, Princeton University Press, SEL, Servants, Studies, The Maniac, Victorian Sensation Novel, Winifred
related to Influences · 10
Sensation novel → Collins, Dickens, Gothicism, In, Laurence Talairach-Vielmas, Newgate, Peter Brooks, Reade, Sensation, The Gothic
related to Legacy · 7
Sensation novel → Before Dawn, Celia Fremlin's The Hours, Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries, Fingersmith, Neo-Victorian, Sarah Waters, The Luminaries
related to Definition · 4
Sensation novel → Anna Peak, More, The Victorian, Victorians

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sensation novels novel fiction social also genre identity gothic seen secret literary romance novelists victorian popularity stories peak contemporary newgate

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The Woman in Whiteinstance ofThe social anxiety regarding identity is reflected in novels0.80text
Lady Audley's Secret.Sensation fiction is commonly seen to have emerged as a definable genre in the wake of three novelsinstance ofThe social anxiety regarding identity is reflected in novels0.80text
Sensation novelrelated to DefinitionThe Victorian0.60section
Sensation novelrelated to DefinitionMore0.60section
Sensation novelrelated to DefinitionAnna Peak0.60section
Sensation novelrelated to DefinitionVictorians0.60section
Sensation novelrelated to Further readingHughes0.60section
Sensation novelrelated to Further readingWinifred0.60section
Sensation novelrelated to Further readingThe Maniac0.60section
Sensation novelrelated to Further readingCellar0.60section
Sensation novelrelated to Further readingPrinceton University Press0.60section
Sensation novelrelated to Further readingPeak0.60section

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