English Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2010
Publication Source
Clues: A Journal of Detection
Abstract
Considering Vera Caspary's Bedelia as a reimagining of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret allows for a new critical interpretation that refutes the typical view of Bedelia as reinforcing traditional gender roles. Instead, Caspary critiques World War II America by bringing Victorian concerns with female roles into the twentieth century.
Inclusive pages
69-76
ISBN/ISSN
0742-4248
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2010, McFarland & Company Inc.
Publisher
McFarland & Company Inc.
Volume
28
Issue
2
Peer Reviewed
yes
Keywords
gender roles, Victorian era
eCommons Citation
Vorachek, Laura, "Dangerous Women: Vera Caspary’s Rewriting of 'Lady Audley’s Secret' in 'Bedelia'" (2010). English Faculty Publications. 3.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eng_fac_pub/3
Included in
Comparative Literature Commons, Fiction Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Other Arts and Humanities Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Comments
Clues: A Journal of Detection. This article was originally published in Clues, Vol. 28, No. 2.
Permission documentation is on file.