Misrecognitions: Plotting Capital in the Victorian Novel

by Ben Parker

Misrecognitions mounts a vigorous defense of the labyrinthine plotting of Victorian novels, notorious for their implausible concluding revelations and coincidences. Critics have long decried these recognition scenes--the reunions and retroactive discoveries of identity that too conveniently bring the story to a close--as regrettable contrivances. Ben Parker counters this view by showing how Victorian recognition scenes offer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501774077
• ISBN13: 9781501774072
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"