Victorian Literature
A Sourcebook
Published on 29. November 2011
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-230-55174-9 (ISBN)
Description
An anthology of both familiar and previously unavailable primary texts that illuminate the world of nineteenth-century ideas. An expert team introduce and annotate a range of original social, cultural, political and historical documents necessary for contextualising key literary texts from the Victorian period.
Reviews / Votes
'An excellent anthology of Victorian source materials...well organised, lucidly introduced and broad in outlook'. - Gail Marshall, Professor of Victorian Literature and Director of the Victorian Studies Centre, University of Leicester, UK.More details
Series
Edition
2011
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
655 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-55174-9 (9780230551749)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-35701-3
Schweitzer Classification
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11/2011
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Persons
JOHN PLUNKETT Senior Lecturer in English, University of Exeter, UK. His publications include Queen Victoria - First Media Monarch and Victorian Print Media: A Reader (both Oxford University Press).
ANA VADILLO Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Her publications include Women Poets and Urban Aestheticism: Passengers of Modernity (London: Palgrave, 2005) and Mapping Women's Poetries at the Fin de Siècle (co-ed with Marion Thain) Special Issue for the Journal of Victorian Literature and Culture 34:2.
REGENIA GAGNIER Professor of English and Director of Exeter Interdisciplinary Institute, University of Exeter, UK.
ANGELIQUE RICHARDSON Senior Lecturer in English, University of Exeter, UK.
RICK RYLANCE Professor of English and Head of the School of Arts, Languages and Literature, University of Exeter, UK.
PAUL YOUNG Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, Department of English, University of Exeter, UK.
ANA VADILLO Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Her publications include Women Poets and Urban Aestheticism: Passengers of Modernity (London: Palgrave, 2005) and Mapping Women's Poetries at the Fin de Siècle (co-ed with Marion Thain) Special Issue for the Journal of Victorian Literature and Culture 34:2.
REGENIA GAGNIER Professor of English and Director of Exeter Interdisciplinary Institute, University of Exeter, UK.
ANGELIQUE RICHARDSON Senior Lecturer in English, University of Exeter, UK.
RICK RYLANCE Professor of English and Head of the School of Arts, Languages and Literature, University of Exeter, UK.
PAUL YOUNG Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, Department of English, University of Exeter, UK.
Content
List of Illustrations.- Acknowledgements.- Series Editor's Preface.- Timeline of Historical Events .- Introduction.- Historical Events.- Society, Politics and Class .- Gender and Sexuality.- Religion and Belief.- Philosophy and Ideas.- Arts and Aesthetics.- Popular Culture.- Literary Production and Reception.- Empire, Race and Postcolonialism.- Science and Technology.- Further Reading.- Index.