EPISODE 13: The Sensation Novel

0:00—Origins (The Woman in White). 5:10—Definition & Recipe. 7:20—Genres. 12:32—The Gothic. 16:17—Interlude. 16:53—Marriage acts. 18:03—Social stigma. 21:54—Interlude. 22:22—The Indian Mutiny. 23:07—British militarism. 24:20—A lurid footnote. 24:52—Atrocities. 27:03—The national soul. 29:01—Dark underside. 31:45—Theorizing the dark. 33:14—Interlude. 33:42—Spirit of the Age. 35:01—Tech. 37:38—The popular press. 38:53—Alt culture. 40:27—Interlude. 40:55—Kitchen vs. Drawing Room. 43:25—Consuming. 46:05—Nervous sensation and the feminine. 48:30—Conclusion.

Interludes: Felix Mendelssohn, Piano Trio #2 in C Minor, op. 66 (1845), performed by the Claremont Trio at the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, Boston.

Illustration: The Woman in White (detail), Frederick Walker, 1871, the Victorian Web.

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Thanks to Professor Anna Gibson and the students of English 453: Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature (The Sensation Novel), NCSU Fall 2022.