Thou Art the Man by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [1]: Scoundrel Fathers, Fugue States, and the Problematized Real in Victorian Sensation Novels

With Thou Art the Man [1], Victorian phenomenon novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon subverts gender boundaries and generic expectations by exposing the father as a dishonest scoundrel who resorts to murder and then conceals his secret to protect his position in

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