The Cambridge Companion to Wilkie Collins

doi:10.1017/CCOL0521840384

Wilkie Collins was one of the most popular writers of the nineteenth century. He is best known for The Woman in White, which inaugurated the sensation novel in the 1860s, and The Moonstone, one of the first detective novels; but he wrote over 20 novels, plays and short stories during a career that spanned four decades. This Companion offers a fascinating overview of Collins's writing. In a wide range of essays by leading scholars, it traces the development of his career, his position as a writer and his complex relation to contemporary cultural movements and debates. Collins's exploration of the tensions which lay beneath Victorian society is analysed through a variety of critical approaches. A chronology and guide to further reading are provided, making this book an indispensable guide for all those interested in Wilkie Collins and his work.

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Frontmatter
pp i-xx
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Introduction
pp 1-6
- By Jenny Bourne Taylor
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1 - Collins’s career and the visual arts
pp 7-22
- By Tim Dolin
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2 - The early writing
pp 23-36
- By Anthea Trodd
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3 - Collins’s shorter fiction
pp 37-49
- By John Bowen
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4 - Collins and the sensation novel
pp 50-64
- By Lyn Pykett
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5 - The Moonstone, detective fiction and forensic science
pp 65-78
- By Ronald R. Thomas
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6 - The later novels
pp 79-96
- By Jenny Bourne Taylor
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7 - The professional writer and the literary marketplace
pp 97-111
- By Graham Law
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8 - The marriage plot and its alternatives
pp 112-124
- By Carolyn Dever
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9 - Collins and Victorian masculinity
pp 125-138
- By John Kucich
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10 - Collins and empire
pp 139-152
- By Lillian Nayder
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11 - Disability and difference
pp 153-167
- By Kate Flint
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12 - Collins and the theatre
pp 168-180
- By Jim Davis
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13 - The afterlife of Wilkie Collins
pp 181-193
- By Rachel Malik
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Further reading
pp 194-199
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Index
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Series List
pp 209-212
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Frontmatter
pp i-xx

Introduction
pp 1-6

1 - Collins’s career and the visual arts
pp 7-22

2 - The early writing
pp 23-36

3 - Collins’s shorter fiction
pp 37-49

4 - Collins and the sensation novel
pp 50-64

5 - The Moonstone, detective fiction and forensic science
pp 65-78

6 - The later novels
pp 79-96

7 - The professional writer and the literary marketplace
pp 97-111

8 - The marriage plot and its alternatives
pp 112-124

9 - Collins and Victorian masculinity
pp 125-138

10 - Collins and empire
pp 139-152

11 - Disability and difference
pp 153-167

12 - Collins and the theatre
pp 168-180

13 - The afterlife of Wilkie Collins
pp 181-193

Further reading
pp 194-199

Index
pp 200-208

Series List
pp 209-212

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