TY  - JOUR
T1  - Wilkie Collins: The Complete Fiction, by Stephen Knight
AU  - Vargün, Ahmet Can
PY  - 2024
DA  - January
Y2  - 2023
DO  - 10.47777/cankujhss.1426760
JF  - Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
JO  - CUJHSS
PB  - Çankaya Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-6761
SP  - 95
EP  - 97
IS  - Special Issue: Wilkie Collins
LA  - en
AB  - Stephen Knight’s monograph, Wilkie Collins: The Complete Fiction (2023, Routledge) is a detailed study of Wilkie Collins’ life and career as a complex and accomplished author; ultimately, it presents a call for more scholarly attention and interest in his works. The study engages Collins’ complete fiction by grounding his texts in historical and biographical context. Knight offers extensive background about events, politics, anecdotes, and interactions as Collins built his writing career. Moreover, the study presents details about Collins’ life, his engagement with the publishing industry, and his interaction with other authors at the time. By this approach, the book explores Collins’ literary production considering the influence of consumption, and the criticism of his works to better understand and position him as a complex and successful author. Knight’s monograph also offers historical context and recent scholarly criticism of Collins studies. While this exploration sheds light on Collins’ development as a successful author, producer of novelty, and a political voice, the study repeats the argument that Collins’ works have not received the scholarly attention they deserve.
KW  - Stephen Knight
KW  - Wilkie Collins
KW  - 19th century Britain
CR  - Knight, S. 2023. Wilkie Collins: The Complete Fiction. Routledge.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1426760
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3688236
ER  -