Neo-Victorian Villains: Adaptations and Transformations in Popular Culture (Neo-Victorian, 7)

Neo-Victorian Villains is the first edited collection to examine the afterlives of such Victorian villains as Dracula, Svengali, Dorian Gray and Jekyll and Hyde, exploring their representation in neo-Victorian drama and fiction. In addition, Neo-Victorian Villains examines a number of supposedly villainous types, from the spirit medium and the femme fatale to the imperial 'native' and the ventriloquist, and traces their development from Victorian times today. Chapters analyse recent theatre, films and television - from Ripper Street to Marvel superhero movies - as well as classic Hollywood depictions of Victorian villains. In a wide-ranging opening chapter, Benjamin Poore assesses the legacy of nineteenth-century ideas of villains and villainy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Contributors are: Sarah Artt, Guy Barefoot, Jonathan Buckmaster, David Bullen, Helen Davies, Robert Dean, Marion Gibson, Richard Hand, Emma James, Mark Jones, Emma V. Miller, Claire O'Callaghan, Christina Parker-Flynn, Frances Pheasant-Kelly, Natalie Russell, Gillian Piggott, Benjamin Poore and Rob Welch Contents 6 List of Figures 10 List of Contributors 11 The Villain-Effect: Distance and Ubiquity in Neo-Victorian Popular Culture • Benjamin Poore 14 Part 1: Theatrical Transformations 62 1 ‘A Perfect Demon’: Michael Eaton’s Charlie Peace: His Amazing Life & Astounding Legend • Richard J. Hand 64 2 Miss Representation: The Femme Fatale and the Villainy of Performance in Neo-Victorian Hollywood • Christina Parker-Flynn 84 3 Melodramatic Villainy (Just) after the Victorians • Guy Barefoot 104 4 Imperial Heroes and Native Villains • Robert Dean 119 5 Sonorous Psychopaths: Neo-Victorian Ventriloquists on Screen • Gillian Piggott 137 Part 2: Transitional and Liminal Figures 156 6 Kissing the Medium: The Spiritualist-Witch as Countercultural Heroine in The Thirty-Nine Steps (1959) • Marion Gibson 158 7 Jack the Representation: The Ripper in Culture • Mark Jones 174 8 On the Origin of a Supervillain: The Neo-Victorian Reinvention of Mister Sinister • David Bullen 193 9 Framing Our Fearful Symmetry: Substance Dualism, Reincarnation and the Villainy of the Disembodied Soul • Emma V. Miller 210 Part 3: Neo-Victorian Sex and ‘Sexsation’ 228 10 The Postfeminist Tart: Neo-Victorian Villainy and Sex Work in Ripper Street • Sarah Artt 230 11 “I raise the devil in you, not any potion. My touch”: The Strange Case of Heterosexuality in Neo-Victorian Versions of Jekyll and Hyde • Helen Davies 249 12 A Wilde Scoundrel: Villainy and ‘Lad Culture’ in the Filmic Afterlives of Dorian Gray • Claire O’Callaghan 265 Part 4: Literary Villains Reimagined 282 13 Svengali: The Evolution of Ethnic Evil through Adaptation • Rob Welch 284 14 From ‘the wicked man’ to the ‘bastard boy of seven’: The Evolution of John Jasper’s Villainy in Adaptations of The Mystery of Edwin Drood • Jonathan Buckmaster 301 15 “I’m always angry”: Super-Hydes and the Appropriation of Edward Hyde in Superhero Films • Emma A. Harris 319 16 Revisionist Vampires: Transcoding, Intertextuality, and Neo-Victorianism in the Film Adaptations of Bram Stoker’s Dracula • Frances Pheasant-Kelly and Natalie Russell 338 Index 358 Neo-victorian Villains' Is The First Edited Collection To Examine The Afterlives Of Such Victorian Villains As Dracula, Svengali, Dorian Gray And Jekyll And Hyde, Exploring Their Representation In Neo-victorian Drama And Fiction. In Addition, 'neo-victorian Villains' Examines A Number Of Villainous Types, From The Spirit Medium And The Femme Fatale To The Imperial 'native' And The Ventriloquist, And Traces Their Development From Victorian Times Through The Twentieth Century. Chapters Analyse Recent Theatre, Films And Television - From 'ripper Street' To Marvel Superhero Movies - As Well As Classic Hollywood Depictions Of The Victorian Villains. In A Wide-ranging Opening Chapter, Benjamin Poore Assesses The Legacy Of Nineteenth-century Ideas Of Villains And Villainy On The Twentieth And Twenty-first Centuries. Contributors Are: Sarah Artt, Guy Barefoot, Jonathan Buckmaster, David Bullen, Helen Davies, Robert Dean, Marion Gibson, Richard Hand, Emma James, Mark Jones, Emma V. Miller, Claire O'callaghan, Christina Parker-flynn, Frances Pheasant-kelly, Natalie Russell, Gillian Piggott, Benjamin Poore And Rob Welch. Edited By Benjamin Poore. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References, Filmographies, And Index.