Neo-Victorianism : The Victorians in the Twenty-First Century, 1999-2009 / by Ann Heilmann, Mark Llewellyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heilmann, Ann.

Contributor:

Llewellyn, Mark, 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction.

Literature, Modern--20th century.

Literature, Modern.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

European literature.

Fiction Literature.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Literary Theory.

Cultural Theory.

European Literature.

Local Subjects:

Fiction Literature.

Twentieth-Century Literature.

Literary Theory.

Cultural Theory.

European Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2010.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This field-defining book offers an interpretation of the recent figurations of neo-Victorianism published over the last ten years. Using a range of critical and cultural viewpoints, it highlights the problematic nature of this 'new' genre and its relationship to re-interpretative critical perspectives on the nineteenth century.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Neo-Victorianism and Post-Authenticity: On the Ethics and Aesthetics of Appropriation; 1 Memory, Mourning, Misfortune: Ancestral Houses and (Literary) Inheritances; 2 Race and Empire: Postcolonial Neo-Victorians; 3 Sex and Science: Bodily and Textual (Re)Inscriptions; 4 Spectrality and S(p)ecularity: Some Reflections in the Glass; 5 Doing It with Mirrors, or Tricks of the Trade: Neo-Victorian Metatextual Magic; 6 The Way We Adapt Now: or, the Neo-Victorian Theme Park; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612994067

9781282994065

1282994069

9780230281691

0230281699

OCLC:

696332074