Why Victorian Literature Still Matters

• Autore: Davis Philip
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9008
• Soggetto topico: English fiction; English literature; Literature; English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism; English literature - 19th century - History and criticism; English Literature; English; Languages & Literatures
• 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 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 literature, from general readers and scholars alike.; Seeks to
• Titolo autorizzato: Why Victorian Literature Still Matters
• ISBN: 9781282007413; 1282007416; 9781444304619; 1444304615; 9781444304626; 1444304623
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911020038703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell Manifestos