Victorian literature : an anthology / edited by Victor Shea and William Whitla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shea, Victor, 1960- editor.

Whitla, William, 1934- editor.

Series:

Wiley Blackwell anthologies.

Wiley Blackwell anthologies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century.

English literature.

Physical Description:

lii, 950 pages, 20 variously numbered pages of plates ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Summary:

"Victorian Literature is a comprehensive and fully annotated anthology with a flexible design that allows teachers and students to pursue traditional or innovative lines of inquiry, from the canon to its extensions to its contexts. Represents the period's major writers of prose, poetry, drama, and more, including Tennyson, Arnold, the Brownings, Carlyle, Ruskin, the Rossettis, Wilde, Eliot, and the Brontës Promotes an ideologically and culturally varied view of Victorian society with the inclusion of women, working-class, colonial, and gay and lesbian writers Incorporates recent scholarship with 5 contextual sections and innovative sub-sections on topics like environmentalism and animal rights; mass literacy and mass media; sex and sexuality; Victorian childhood; melodrama and comedy; the Irish question; ruling India and the Indian Mutiny; innovations in print culture; and the science of race Emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the field with a focus on social, cultural, artistic, and historical factors Includes a fully annotated companion website for teachers and students offering expanded context sections, additional readings from key writers, appendices, and an extensive bibliography "-- Provided by publisher.

"Victorian Literature is a comprehensive and fully annotated anthology with a flexible design that allows teachers and students to pursue traditional or innovative lines of inquiry"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Victorian literature.

ISBN:

9781405188654

1405188650

9781405188746

140518874X

OCLC:

880418796

Online:

Cover image