The Victorian Novel Hardback
by Louis (University of Kent at Canterbury) James
Part of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature series
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This inspiring survey challenges conventional ways of viewing the Victorian novel. Provides time maps and overviews of historical and social contexts. Considers the relationship between the Victorian novel and historical, religious and bibliographic writing. Features short biographies of over forty Victorian authors, including Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Offers close readings of over 30 key texts, among them Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), as well as key presences, such as John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (Pt 1, 1676, Pt 2, 1684). Also covers topics such as colonialism, scientific speculation, the psychic and the supernatural, and working class reading.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:24/11/2005
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- ISBN:9780631226277
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:24/11/2005
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- ISBN:9780631226277
