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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456807003321

Autore

Davis Philip

Titolo

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009

ISBN

9786612007415

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Manifestos ; ; v.25

Disciplina

820.9/008

820.9008

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

English fiction

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters; Contents; Introduction: The Victorian Bump and Where to Find It; 1 Victorian Hard Wiring; 2 Isaiah and Ezekiel - But What About Charley?; 3 Not So Straightforward: Realist Prose and What It Hides Within Itself; 4 A Literature In Time; 5 Individual Agents; 6 A Few of My Favorite Things: A Glove, a Sandal, and Plaited Hair; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of Victorian literature's enduring impact and importance for readers interested in the relationship between literature and life, reading and thinking. Explores the prominence of Victorian literature for contemporary readers and academics, through the author's unique insight into why it is still important todayProvides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works of literature and close readings of important textsArgues for a new engagement with Victorian literature, from general readers and scholars a