The Cambridge companion to the Victorian novel / edited by Deirdre David.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

David, Deirdre, 1934- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 265 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the Victorian period, the British novel reached a wide readership and played a major role in the shaping of national and individual identity. As we come to understand the ways the novel contributed to public opinion on religion, gender, sexuality and race, we continue to be entertained and enlightened by the works of Dickens, George Eliot, Thackeray, Trollope and many others. This second edition of the Companion to the Victorian Novel has been updated fully, taking account of new research and critical methodologies. There are four new chapters and the others have been thoroughly updated, as has the guide to further reading. Designed to appeal to students, teachers and readers, these essays reflect the latest approaches to reading and understanding Victorian fiction.

Contents:

Introduction / Deidre David

The Victorian novel and its readers / Kate Flint

The business of Victorian publishing / Simon Eliot

A history of criticism of the Victorian novel / James Eli Adams

Victorian realism / Caroline Levine

Intellectual debate in the Victorian novel : religion and science / John Kucich

Race and the Victorian novel / Patrick Brantlinger

Social class and the Victorian novel / Joseph W. Childers

When gender meets sexuality in the Victorian novel / Nancy Armstrong

Victorian feelings / Rachel Ablow

Sensation and the fantastic in the Victorian novel / Lyn Pykett

The transatlantic novel in the nineteenth century / Clare Pettitt.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

ISBN:

9781107487017

1107487013

9780511793370

0511793375