Download or read book Sensation and Professionalism in the Victorian Novel written by Mariaconcetta Costantini and published by Victorian and Edwardian Studies. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the extent to which four sensation novelists contributed to the Victorian redefinition of professionalism. Through an analysis of works authored by Wilkie Collins, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charles Reade and Ellen Wood, Costantini shows how the sensation genre was an important forum for the age's controversial rethinking of professional ideals and standards