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'"You cannot impersonate what you are": Questions of Authenticity in the Neo-Victorian Novel'

Sarah Gamble

LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory, Volume: 20, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 126 - 140

Swansea University Author: Sarah Gamble

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Analyses three contemporary neo-Victorian novels - Angela Carter's 'Nights at the Circus', Sarah Waters' 'Tipping the Velvet' and Wesley Stace's 'Misfortune' - which use the trope of cross-dressing in order to uncover queer nineteenth century narratives t...

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Published in: LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory
ISSN: 1043-6928
Published: Philadelphia, PA Routledge 2009
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