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Autore |
Davis Philip |
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Titolo |
Why Victorian Literature Still Matters [[electronic resource]] |
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Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-00741-6 |
1-4443-0461-5 |
1-4443-0462-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction |
English literature |
Literature |
English fiction - History and criticism - 19th century |
English literature - History and criticism - 19th century |
English Literature |
English |
Languages & Literatures |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 today.; Provides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works of literature and close reading of important texts.; Argues for a new engagement with Victorian |
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