The Early and Mid-Victorian Novel - Couverture souple

Skilton, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415032571 ISBN 13 : 9780415032575

Editeur : Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

Readers and teachers of Victorian fiction make many assumptions about realism, about characterization and gender stereotypes, about sensationalism and about social criticism. This collection guides the reader to a more thorough understanding of the significance of these and other issues, in the early and mid-Victorian novel. The introductions and notes aim to make this study one of the most accessible guides to mid-Victorian attitudes and theories. Extracts from contemporary criticism are reprinted, covering a considerable diversity of subjects, to demonstrate what the educated Victorian regarded as important literary issues of the day. The low esteem in which post-Jamesian critics of the 1890s, and later, held early and mid-Victorian criticism, accompanies a turning-away from social and political aspects of the novel, such as the social origins of fiction, the expansion of the reading public, and speculation concerning the determination of fictional form and content by social and economic factors.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Victorian period was the age of the novel and critics at the time clearly saw the importance of prose fiction.

First published in 1993, this anthology contains over fifty original extracts from contemporary critics on the early and mid-Victorian novel. Arranged thematically, the volume covers such topics as literary form, the social responsibility of literature, issues of politics and gender, the influence of criticism, realism, plot and characterisation, imagination and creativity, and the office and social standing of the novelist. The introductions and notes draw together the large number of voices and guide the reader through the Victorian literary critical debate.

This accessible and invaluable guide will be of interest to those studying Victorian literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415032571
• ISBN 13: 9780415032575
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible