The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel

Herausgegeben von David, Deirdre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This second edition has been updated fully, taking account of new research and critical methodologies, and includes four brand new chapters. Designed to appeal to students, teachers and readers, these essays reflect the very latest approaches to reading and understanding Victorian fiction.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521182157
• ISBN-10: 0521182158
• Artikelnr.: 36027399

Autorenporträt

David, Deirdre
Deirdre David is Professor Emerita of English at Temple University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology; Introduction Deirdre David; 1. The Victorian novel and its readers Kate Flint; 2. The business of Victorian publishing Simon Eliot; 3. A history of criticism of the Victorian novel James Eli Adams; 4. Victorian realism Caroline Levine; 5. Intellectual debate in the Victorian novel: religion and science John Kucich; 6. Race and the Victorian novel Patrick Brantlinger; 7. Social class and the Victorian novel Joseph W. Childers; 8. When gender meets sexuality in the Victorian novel Nancy Armstrong; 9. Victorian feelings Rachel Ablow; 10. Sensation and the fantastic in the Victorian novel Lyn Pykett; 11. The transatlantic novel in the nineteenth century Clare Pettitt; Guide to further reading; Index.

Rezensionen

'Teachers and students should certainly seek this volume out.' Patrick Parrinder, Victorian Studies