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Key works of popular fiction are often rewritten to capitalize on their success. But what are the implications of this rewriting process? Such is the question addressed by this detailed study of several rewritings of Eugène Sue’s Mystères de Paris (1842-43), produced in the latter half of the nineteenth century, in response to the phenomenal success of Sue’s archetypal urban mystery. Pursuing a compelling analogy between city and text, and exploring the resonance of the palimpsest trope to both,

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Author

Amy Wigelsworth

Publisher

Legenda, Modern Humanities Research Association ; Routledge

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781134862917

Category

language

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Mystery

Updated

2026-03-25