Companion to the Victorian Novel

Name: Companion to the Victorian Novel
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ISBN: 9781405132916

ISBN-10: 1405132914

ISBN-13: 9781405132916

Edition: 2005

Authors: Patrick Brantlinger, William Thesing

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The Companion to the Victorian Novel provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of British fiction published between 1837 and 1901. Provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of British fiction published during the Victorian period. Explains issues such as Victorian religions, class structure, and Darwinism to those who are unfamiliar with them. Comprises original, accessible chapters written by renowned and emerging scholars in the field of Victorian studies. Ideal for students and researchers seeking up-to-the-minute coverage of contexts and trends, or as a starting point for a survey course.

Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/25/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.82" wide x 9.80" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English



Introduction Reed Ueda (Tufts University) Introduction. Notes on Contributors



Historical Contexts and Cultural Issues:



The Publishing World




Education, Literacy, and the Victorian Reader




Money, The Economy, and Social Classes




Victorian Psychology




Empire, Race, and the Victorian Novel




The Victorian Novel and Religion




Scientific Ascendancy




Technology and Information: Accelerating Developments




Laws, The Legal World, and Politics




Geneer, Politics, and Women's Rights




The Other Arts: Victorian Visual Culture




Imagined Audiences: The Novelist and the Stage




Forms of the Victorian Novel:



Newgate Novel to Detective Fiction




The Historical Novel




The Sensation Novel




The Bildungsroman




The Gothic Romance in the Victorian Period




The Provencial or Regional Novel




Industrial and 'Condition-of-England's Novels




Children's Fiction




Victorian Science Fiction




Victorian and Modern Theories of the Novel and the Reception of Novels and Novelists Then and Now:



The Receptions of Charlotte Bronte




Victorian Theories of the Novel




Modern and Postmodern Theories of Prose Fiction




The Afterlife of the Victorian Novel: Novels about Novels




The Victorian Novel in Film and Television