The cambridge companion to the victorian novel edited by deirdre david october 2012 skip to main content we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Project muse the cambridge companion to the victorian. Cambridge companions to literature series librarything. Its grandeur does not consist in one thing, but in the unique assemblage of all things. The cambridge companion to literature and the posthuman is the first work of its kind to gather diverse critical treatments of the posthuman and posthumanism together in a single volume. System 3b2 ce a catalogue record for this book is available from the british library library of congress cataloging in publication data the cambridge companion to victorian poetry edited by joseph bristow. Dickens is famous for his descriptions of the urban scene. Do you think the painter agreed with the attitudes shown in the picture. Oct 26, 2011 buy the cambridge companion to the victorian novel cambridge companions to literature by david, deirdre isbn. Cambridge core english literature 18301900 the cambridge companion to the victorian novel edited by deirdre david skip to main content we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. This painting was very popular and was reproduced a lot why do you think that was.
May 15, 2014 see kate flint, the victorian novel and its readers, in the cambridge companion to the victorian novel, ed. Approaches victorian poetry by way of genre, production and cultural context, rather than through individual poets or poems. It is a wonderful place vast, strange, new and impossible to describe. Choose your answers to the questions and click next to see the next set of questions. The cambridge companion to english literature, 17401830. The cambridge companion to english literature, 17401830 by. Historians, philosophers, and scientists were all beginning to apply the idea of evolution to new areas of study of the human experience. The cambridge companion to sensation fiction edited by. A companion to the victorian novel wiley online library. Skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites.
Whenever you read a victorian novel that takes place in london, watch for all the descriptions of the cityfrom the mazy streets, to the mud and fog, to the most downandout of slums. Shires industrial culture and the victorian novel joseph w. While the foundations of so much of our present knowledge of subjects like medicine, public health, electricity, chemistry and agriculture, were being, if not laid, at least mapped out, people could still believe in the existence of devils and demons. England was moving steadily in the direction of becoming europe. The novel the victorian era was the great age of the english novelrealistic, thickly plotted, crowded with characters, and long. Printed in the united kingdom at the university press, cambridge typeset in sabon 10 pt. Novelists were just as eager to get involved with the cause. In the cambridge companion to the victorian novel, a series of speciallycommissioned essays examine the work of charles dickens, the brontes, george eliot and other canonical writers, as well as that of such writers as olive schreiner, wilkie collins and h. The cambridge companion to victorian poetry edited by. Cambridge university press 0521641500 the cambridge. English literature late victorian literature britannica. Rider haggard, whose work has recently attracted new attention from scholars and students. Small towns were beginning to swell into smoky centres of mnaufacturing industry.
This companion highlights the energy, the impact and the inventiveness of the novels that were written in sensational style, including the work of mary elizabeth braddon, mrs henry wood and florence marryat. Introduction to victorian and twentiethcentury literature. This companion explores holmes popularity and his complex relationship to the late victorian and modernist periods. It was the ideal form to describe contemporary life and. The cambridge companion to the victorian novel edited by deirdre david.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. English literature english literature late victorian literature. So much victorian commentary on reading is written from a dominant social position, one which brings with it an assumption of inbuilt super. It was a long period of peace,prosperity, refined sensibilities andnational selfconfidence for britain. The cambridge history of victorian literature 2014. The cambridge companion to the waste land cambridge companions to literature by gabrielle mcintire. The world of shadows and superstition that was victorian england, so well depicted in this 1871 tale, was unique. The industrial revolution, the railway age, steam engines were being used in mines, factories and ships.
The victorian novel oxford history of english literature, 1991 hroncek, susan. The first section, victorian literary contexts, focuses upon the emergence of the victorian novel and its literary precursors, with particular emphasis upon the growth of serialization and the development of novel syndication. Oct 22, 2002 the companion to the victorian novel provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of british fiction published between 1837 and 1901. A companion to the victorian novel, 2002 online research. The cambridge companion to the victorian novel edited by deirdre david november 2000. The cambridge companion to the victorian novel in searchworks. Victorian novel for the first time there was a communion of interests between readers and writers, probably because in that period, literature grew a lot. Victorian period period of queen victorias reign from 20 june 1837 until her death on 22 january 1901 it was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self confidence for britain. Shires 4 industrial culture and the victorian novel 77 joseph w. Agnes repplier, english railway fiction, points of view boston and new york. This companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it. The painting shows beliefs which were widely and strongly held in victorian times also it is an attractive, colourful image. The victorian novel the victorian period was considered the golden age of the novel and most capable of reflecting the increasing complexity of the modern world and, was also the main source of. The cambridge companion to the twentiethcentury english novel by robert l.
Childers 5 gender and the victorian novel 97 nancy armstrong 6 sexuality in the victorian. Charles dickens 18121870 dominated the first part of victorias. The cambridge companion to the victorian novel cambridge. The victorian reading public firmly established the novel as the dominant literary form of the era. His novel the woman in white became hugely successful and popularised a style of writing that came to be known as sensation fiction. You can skip questions if you would like and come back to. Childers gender and the victorian novel nancy armstrong sexuality in the victorian novel jeff nunokawa. The cambridge companion to the victorian novel edited by. List of books and articles about victorian literature. Intro to victorian literature 1 victorian literature an overview victorian literature is the literature produced during the reign of queen victoria 18371901 and corresponds to the victorian era. The novel is the most distinctive and lasting literary achievement of victorian literature.
Chemistry and its occult history in victorian speculative fiction 2016 ogorman, francis, ed. The cambridge companion to english literature, 18301914. Access article in pdf the cambridge companion to the victorian novel, edited by deirdre david. The cambridge companion to english literature, 17401830 book. The cambridge companion to sherlock holmes edited by. The victorian novel and its readers kate flint the business of victorian publishing simon eliot the aesthetics of the victorian novel. Test and improve your knowledge of victorian literature with fun multiple choice exams you can take online with. Provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of british fiction published during the victorian period. Victorian perion and its salient features the beginning of the victorian period is dated sometimes as 1832 the passage of the first reform bill and sometimes as 1837 the accession of queen victoria.
Jan 01, 2004 the cambridge companion to english literature, 17401830 book. In the cambridge companion to the victorian novel, first published in 2000, a series of speciallycommissioned essays examine the work of charles dickens, the brontes, george eliot and other canonical writers, as well as that of such writers as olive schreiner, wilkie collins and h. Victorian realism chapter 4 the cambridge companion to. Sherlock holmes is the most famous fictional detective in history, with a popularity that has never waned since catching the imagination of his late victorian readership. The cambridge companion to the victorian novel by deirdre david.
Deliberately flexible and selfconsciously protean, a companion to the victorian novel is divided into five sections. Project muse the cambridge companion to the victorian novel. It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the very different literature of the 20th century. Introduction to victorian and twentiethcentury literature xxxiii impressions of the spectacle. The companion to the victorian novel provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of british fiction published between 1837 and 1901. On a practical level, it means that a student or a library would need to buy copies of the companions to victorian poetry, the victorian novel, and victorian and edwardian theatre, as well as this new cambridge companion to english literature, 18301914, to achieve an overview of the field. A companion to victorian literature and culture while in the preceding romantic period poetry had been the dominant genre, it was the novel that was most important in the victorian period. Pdf the cambridge companion to literature and the posthuman. Poetry elizabeth barrett browning the cry of the children nos. The modern spirit, matthew arnold observed in 1865, is now awake. The cambridge companion to the victorian novel edited by deirdre david october 2012.
The era was preceded by the georgianperiod and followed by the edwardianperiod. Project muse the cambridge companion to english literature. The victorian novel the victorian age is marked roughly by the reign of queen victoria of england from 18371901. Victorian literature 1 victorian literature herbert f. Cambridge core english literature 18301900 the cambridge companion to the victorian novel edited by deirdre david. After the second of several visits to the exhibition, she reported to her father.
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