Why Victorian literature still matters / / Philip Davis
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| Autore: |
Davis Philip (Philip Maurice)
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| Titolo: |
Why Victorian literature still matters / / Philip Davis
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 820.9/008 |
| 820.9008 | |
| Soggetto topico: | English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
| English literature - 19th century - History and criticism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-167) and index. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Why Victorian Literature Still Matters |
| ISBN: | 9786612007415 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813708803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Blackwell manifestos.