Marlene Tromp
Biographic Data
| ID | 3968728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marlene Tromp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marlene |
| FAMILY NAME | Tromp |
| SIGNATURE | TROMP M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Denison University |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-6429-0652 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Social Work of Lying
Research suggests that we may engage in cultural self-deception to maintain community. More strikingly, we may be willing to tolerate grave violence by and against some individuals in order to strengthen social constructs that are perceived to benefit the broader community. Some social beliefs, such as faith in medicine and doctors, might have such a high value that, to preserve them, the community might engage in collective self-deception that l…
Sensation Fiction
I N spite of our recognition of the blurriness of generic boundaries, we tend to reassert them where sensation fiction is concerned. There is value in understanding sensation in new ways-and potential political consequences when we do not. This is especially significant now that our critical study of sensation fiction has matured to the point that it is possible to offer reviews of the critical field, like those by Anne-Marie Beller and Mark Knig…
Victorian Murder
Murder has horrified and fascinated us for centuries. Victorian murder not only marked the period but also has been the subject of countless contemporary movies, books, and plays, as well as a focus of academic study across a range of subfields, including gender studies, urban studies, genre studies, historical studies, and criminological studies. In some cases, particular murderers or their methodologies have been the focus. While some scholarsh…
Victorian Freaks
Spirited Sexuality
S PIRITUALISM WAS SEXY . The Victorian faith of sittings, mediums, and spirit contact thrilled its practitioners and detractors alike and broke all rules of decency and decorum in spite of the fact that it was nurtured and developed in the drawing rooms of the proprietous middle classes. A faith little known to modern scholars and, perhaps for that reason, one which has not often been recognized for its historical and social importance, Spiritual…
Gwendolen’s Madness
Grandcourt threw himself into a chair and said, with undertoned peremptoriness, “Sit down.” She, already in the expectation of something unpleasant, had thrown off her burnous with nervous unconsciousness, and immediately obeyed . . . “Oblige me in future by not showing whims like a mad woman in a play .” (502; ch. 36; emphasis added) N OVELISTIC HEROINES , like Gwendolen in George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda , become trapped in a complex network of s…
Spirited Sexuality
S PIRITUALISM WAS SEXY . The Victorian faith of sittings, mediums, and spirit contact thrilled its practitioners and detractors alike and broke all rules of decency and decorum in spite of the fact that it was nurtured and developed in the drawing rooms of the proprietous middle classes. A faith little known to modern scholars and, perhaps for that reason, one which has not often been recognized for its historical and social importance, Spiritual…
Gwendolen’s Madness
Grandcourt threw himself into a chair and said, with undertoned peremptoriness, “Sit down.” She, already in the expectation of something unpleasant, had thrown off her burnous with nervous unconsciousness, and immediately obeyed . . . “Oblige me in future by not showing whims like a mad woman in a play .” (502; ch. 36; emphasis added) N OVELISTIC HEROINES , like Gwendolen in George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda , become trapped in a complex network of s…
Spirited Sexuality
S PIRITUALISM WAS SEXY . The Victorian faith of sittings, mediums, and spirit contact thrilled its practitioners and detractors alike and broke all rules of decency and decorum in spite of the fact that it was nurtured and developed in the drawing rooms of the proprietous middle classes. A faith little known to modern scholars and, perhaps for that reason, one which has not often been recognized for its historical and social importance, Spiritual…
Victorian Freaks
Victorian Murder
Murder has horrified and fascinated us for centuries. Victorian murder not only marked the period but also has been the subject of countless contemporary movies, books, and plays, as well as a focus of academic study across a range of subfields, including gender studies, urban studies, genre studies, historical studies, and criminological studies. In some cases, particular murderers or their methodologies have been the focus. While some scholarsh…
Sensation Fiction
I N spite of our recognition of the blurriness of generic boundaries, we tend to reassert them where sensation fiction is concerned. There is value in understanding sensation in new ways-and potential political consequences when we do not. This is especially significant now that our critical study of sensation fiction has matured to the point that it is possible to offer reviews of the critical field, like those by Anne-Marie Beller and Mark Knig…
The Social Work of Lying
Research suggests that we may engage in cultural self-deception to maintain community. More strikingly, we may be willing to tolerate grave violence by and against some individuals in order to strengthen social constructs that are perceived to benefit the broader community. Some social beliefs, such as faith in medicine and doctors, might have such a high value that, to preserve them, the community might engage in collective self-deception that l…
History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies (2 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (2 works) · Criminology (2 works)