Essays about: "Wilkie Collins"

Found 2 essays containing the words Wilkie Collins.

1. 1. Wilkie Collins’ Challenge to Traditional Female Roles in The Woman in White

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Lisa Pagander; [2014]
   Keywords : Wilike collins; sisterhood; female roles; education;

   Abstract : This essay is based on the argument that Wilkie Collins, in his novel The Woman in White (1859), the first sensational novel and prequel to the detective genre, challenges stereotypical female roles in his presentation of the two sisters Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe. Through a comparative analysis of the two sisters, it is shown that Laura represents the traditional Victorian woman, while Marian challenges these ideals, and, through her, Collins creates a new type of literary heroine. READ MORE

3. 2. Ezra to the Rescue : Three Facets of The Moonstone

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Rikard Prytz; [2012]
   Keywords : Wilkie Collins; The Moonstone ; early detective novel; opium; empire; sacrifice; literary symbolism;

   Abstract : In his preface to The Moonstone , Wilkie Collins declares that his object with the novel has been "to trace the influence of character on circumstances", referring mainly to the conduct of the novel's heroine, Rachel.  In view of the other characters' similar function in this symbol-laden novel, this essay looks closer at the one character with whom Collins brings his extensive tapestry to a close, Ezra Jennings, thereby exposing the deeper significance of this 'detective novel'. READ MORE