The Serious Pleasures Of Suspense - Levine - Books - University of Virginia Press - 9780813922171 - September 29, 2003
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The Serious Pleasures Of Suspense


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Scholars have long recognized that narrative suspense dominates the formal dynamics of 19th-century British fiction. This study argues that various 19th-century thinkers - John Ruskin, Michael Faraday, Charlotte Bronte - saw suspense as a vehicle for a new approach to knowledge called ""realism"".


256 pages

Media Books     Book
Released September 29, 2003
ISBN13 9780813922171
Publishers University of Virginia Press
Pages 256
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 24 mm   ·   517 g

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