Supplementary Readings & On-line Resources

• Ancient Law Sir Henry Maine.
• English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century (1854) by Caroline Norton who was a direct inspiration for Collins and for the other sensation writers who wanted to make the personal political.
• Mrs. Oliphant on sensation literature
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• The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels.
• "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time." by Matthew Arnold.
  (Sets out the classic function of criticism -- "to see the object as in itself it really is" -- and, in that sense, is an implicit attack on literature which focuses on generating responses in the reader rather than rendering "the object" in its "objectivity.")
• Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics (extracts) by Sigmund Freud.
• Women Murderers in Victorian Britain. By Judith Knelman.
  (Popular press' portrayal of women murderers during Britain's Victorian era)
• Victorian Sensationalism On-line Electronic Resources. by Andrew Mactavish.
  (Victorian Sensationalism Online, an electronic repository of information about Victorian sensation fiction. This site focuses on several aspects of Victorian sensationalism, especially the sensation novel -- its authors, texts, and sensational popularity.)
• Bret Harte's satire on Wilkie Collins. The chapter "Count Moscow's Narrative" is particularly good.
• 19th Century Studies Sites. Prof. Bivona's collection of on-line research sites.
• Nineteenth Century Masterfile (1787-1906): Merges every relevant index to 19th-century newspapers, periodicals, books and government documents into a single, searchable site. Provides unprecedented access to the printed output of this extraordinary period. Includes Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. ASU PPP or On-Campus access only.

On-line Computing Resources

• ENG 329 Class WebBoard discussion forum
• ASU/RITE Self Subscription Web Site. Subscribe to web space and other computing resources.
• Fixing AFS Space Permission Problems. Do not run this script without consulting your instructor.
• Web Design Resources

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