"This international collection of essays celebrates the 200th anniversary of Wilkie Collins's birth by exploring his multi-faceted impact on nineteenth-century culture. Examining his lesser-known and shorter works alongside the great novels, this volume provides new perspectives for both students and admirers fascinated by his complex fictions"--

Part I. Life and Works: 1. Life Melisa Klimaszewski; 2. Letters William Baker, Andrew Gasson, and Graham Law; 3. Publishers and editions Andrew Gasson; 4. Early novels Christopher Pittard; 5. Middle novels Tara MacDonald; 6. Late novels Maria K. Bachman; 7. Shorter fiction Graham Law; 8. Journalism Deborah Wynne; 9. Drama Caroline Radcliffe; Part II. Critical Response and Afterlife: 10. Contemporary James Aaron Green; 11. After death to T. S. Eliot James Aaron Green; 12. T. S. Eliot to 1990 Richard Nemesvari; 13. 1990 to the present Tim Dolin and Lucy Dougan; 14. Modern media adaptations Alexis Weedon; 15. Neo-victorianism Jessica Cox; Part III. Contexts: Literary: 16. Wilkie Collins's library William Baker; 17. Wilkie collins and serialization Catherine Delafield; 18. Wilkie Collins and sensation fiction Richard Nemesvari; 19. Wilkie Collins and Scott Lizhen Chen; 20. Wilkie Collins and Dickens Emily Bell; 21. Wilkie Collins, Mary Braddon, and other women writers Jeanette Roberts Shumaker; Part IV. Contexts: Cultural and Social: 22. Money Paul Lewis; 23. Gender Tamara S. Wagner; 24. Science and medicine Laurence Talairach; 25. Language Melissa Raines; 26. Collins and the artists Leonee Ormond; 27. Music Allan W. Atlas; 28. Politics Patricia Cove; 29. Law Anne-Marie Beller; 30.Geography and places Susan R. Hanes; 31. Victorian environments Mark Frost; 32. Race and empire Melisa Klimaszewski; 33. Class status and social identity Jenny Bourne Taylor; 34. Disability Heather Tilley; 35. Ethics Biwu Shang; Further Reading; Index.