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Scholars have long recognized that narrative suspense dominates the formal dynamics of 19th-century British fiction. This study argues that various 19th-century thinkers - John Ruskin, Michael Faraday, Charlotte Bronte - saw suspense as a vehicle for a new approach to knowledge called ""realism"".

The Serious Pleasures of Suspense Victorian

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      Publisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/29/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813922171, 978-0813922171
      ISBN10: 0813922178

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      Book Synopsis
      Scholars have long recognized that narrative suspense dominates the formal dynamics of 19th-century British fiction. This study argues that various 19th-century thinkers - John Ruskin, Michael Faraday, Charlotte Bronte - saw suspense as a vehicle for a new approach to knowledge called ""realism"".

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