Why Victorian literature still matters / Philip Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Philip (Philip Maurice)

Series:

Blackwell manifestos.

Blackwell manifestos

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-167) and index.

ISBN:

9786612007415

OCLC:

437098208