| Description |
1 online resource (528 pages) |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to literature and culture |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; The Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Publishing World; 2 Education, Literacy, and the Victorian Reader; 3 Money, the Economy, and Social Class; 4 Victorian Psychology; 5 Empire, Race, and the Victorian Novel; 6 The Victorian Novel and Religion; 7 Scientific Ascendancy; 8 Technology and Information: Accelerating Developments; 9 Laws, the Legal World, and Politics; 10 Gender Politics and Women's Rights; 11 The Other Arts: Victorian Visual Culture; 12 Imagined Audiences: The Novelist and the Stage; 13 Newgate Novel to Detective Fiction; 14 The Historical Novel |
| Summary |
A comprehensive and accessible critical overview of the Victorian novel. The contributors explore the social, religious, political and other contexts of the period and study the various genres or subgenres, including detective fiction, the Bildungsroman, children's literature and science fiction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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English fiction
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Literature and society
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thesing, William
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| ISBN |
9780470997208 |
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0470997206 |
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1282349775 |
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9781282349773 |
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