Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature 1790-1910

The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature 1790–1910explores the femme fatale’s careerin nineteenth-century British literature. It traces her evolution—and devolution—formally historically and ideologically through a selection of plays poems novels and personal correspondence. Considering well-known fatal women alongside more obscure ones this study sheds new light on emerging notions of gender sexuality and power throughout the long nineteenth century.<br/>