Neo-Victorianism on Screen: Postfeminism and Contemporary Adaptations of Victorian Women

This book broadens the scope of inquiry of neo—Victorian studies by focusing primarily on screen adaptations and appropriations of Victorian literature and culture. More specifically, this monograph spotlights the overlapping yet often conflicting drives at work in representations of Victorian heroines in contemporary film and TV. Primorac’s close analyses of screen representations of Victorian women pay special attention to the use of costume and clothes, revealing the tensions between div...