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by Doris Moss.
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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
2011
Description
Marie Corelli was arguably the most popular British novelist of the early 1900s, yet few today even know her name. Though she is not the only author to lose popularity, her enormous influence during her lifetime deserves consideration. What people liked about Marie Corelli can shed light on why the rise of modernism is seen as such a break from the popular in literature. This paper examines two of her bestsellers, A Romance of Two Worlds and The Sorrows of Satan, in light of the fin de siáecle, as well as the critical response to her work from both modernist and postmodern perspectives. Corelli is of interest today because her popular female characters are women who affirm traditional femininity yet also pursue and wield great power. The question I raise is whether Corelli's work is best seen as illustrative of theories about popular literature or as contradictory to them.
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v, 120 p.
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Identifier
738405074
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738405074
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by Doris Moss.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011.
Includes bibliography.
Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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2011
Date Text
2011
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2011
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FADT3172426
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Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of English
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Moss, Doris.
Graduate College
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electronic
v, 120 p.
Title Plain
Marie Corelli
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Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
2011
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Title
Marie Corelli
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Marie Corelli
Britain's most popular forgotten author