The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Literary Culture

The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Literary Culture
Title The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Literary Culture PDF eBook
Author Juliet John
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 813
Release 2016-07-14
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0191082104

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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Literary Culture is a major contribution to the dynamic field of Victorian studies. This collection of 37 original chapters by leading international Victorian scholars offers new approaches to familiar themes including science, religion, and gender, and gives space to newer and emerging topics including old age, fair play, and economics. Structured around three broad sections (Ways of Being: Identity and Ideology, Ways of Understanding: Knowledge and Belief, and Ways of Communicating: Print and Other Cultures), the volume is sub-divided into nine sub-sections each with its own 'lead' essay: on subjectivity, politics, gender and sexuality, place and race, religion, science, material and mass culture, aesthetics and visual culture, and theatrical culture. The collection, like today's Victorian studies, is thoroughly interdisciplinary and yet its substantial Introduction explores a concern which is evident both implicitly and explicitly in the volume's essays: that is, the nature and status of 'literary' culture and the literary from the Victorian period to the present. The diverse and wide-ranging essays present original scholarship framed accessibly for a mixed readership of advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and established scholars.

The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel

The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel
Title The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel PDF eBook
Author Lisa Rodensky
Publisher Oxford University Press (UK)
Pages 829
Release 2013-07-11
Genre History
ISBN 0199533148

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The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel contributes substantially to a thriving scholarly field by offering new approaches to familiar topics as well as essays on topics often overlooked.

Victorian Literature, 1830-1900

Victorian Literature, 1830-1900
Title Victorian Literature, 1830-1900 PDF eBook
Author Dorothy Mermin
Publisher Cengage Learning
Pages 1184
Release 2002
Genre Education
ISBN

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This new anthology emphasizes Victorian nonfiction prose and verse with a generous, fresh selection of pieces from authors within the canon as well as outside of it.

The Victorian Literature Handbook

The Victorian Literature Handbook
Title The Victorian Literature Handbook PDF eBook
Author Alexandra Warwick
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 273
Release 2008-05-22
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1441126422

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The Victorian Literature Handbook is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to literature and culture in the Victorian period. It is a one-stop resource for literature students, providing the essential information and guidance needed from introducing the historical and cultural context to key authors, texts and genres. It includes case studies for reading literary and critical texts, a guide to key critical concepts, introductions to key critical approaches, and a timeline of literary and cultural events. Essays on changes in the canon, interdisciplinary research and current and future directions in the field lead into more advanced topics and guided further reading enables further independent work. Written in clear language by leading academics, it is an indispensable starting point for anyone beginning their study of nineteenth century literature.

The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism

The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism
Title The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism PDF eBook
Author Joanne Parker
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 672
Release 2020-09-15
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0191648264

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In 1859, the historian Lord John Acton asserted: 'two great principles divide the world, and contend for the mastery, antiquity and the middle ages'. The influence on Victorian culture of the 'Middle Ages' (broadly understood then as the centuries between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance) was both pervasive and multi-faceted. This 'medievalism' led, for instance, to the rituals and ornament of the Medieval Catholic church being reintroduced to Anglicanism. It led to the Saxon Witan being celebrated as a prototypical representative parliament. It resulted in Viking raiders being acclaimed as the forefathers of the British navy. And it encouraged innumerable nineteenth-century men to cultivate the superlative beards we now think of as typically 'Victorian'—in an attempt to emulate their Anglo-Saxon forefathers. Different facets of medieval life, and different periods before the Renaissance, were utilized in nineteenth-century Britain for divergent political and cultural agendas. Medievalism also became a dominant mode in Victorian art and architecture, with 75 per cent of churches in England built on a Gothic rather than a classical model. And it was pervasive in a wide variety of literary forms, from translated sagas to pseudo-medieval devotional verse to triple-decker novels. Medievalism even transformed nineteenth-century domesticity: while only a minority added moats and portcullises to their homes, the medieval-style textiles produced by Morris and Co. decorated many affluent drawing rooms. The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism is the first work to examine in full the fascinating phenomenon of 'medievalism' in Victorian Britain. Covering art, architecture, religion, literature, politics, music, and social reform, the Handbook also surveys earlier forms of antiquarianism that established the groundwork for Victorian movements. In addition, this collection addresses the international context, by mapping the spread of medievalism across Europe, South America, and India, amongst other places.

Victorian Literature

Victorian Literature
Title Victorian Literature PDF eBook
Author Victor Shea
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 1032
Release 2014-12-31
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 140518874X

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Victorian Literature is a comprehensive and fully annotated anthology with a flexible design that allows teachers and students to pursue traditional or innovative lines of inquiry—from the canon to its extensions and its contexts. Represents the period's major writers of prose, poetry, drama, and more, including Tennyson, Arnold, the Brownings, Carlyle, Ruskin, the Rossettis, Wilde, Eliot, and the Brontës Promotes an ideologically and culturally varied view of Victorian society with the inclusion of women, working-class, colonial, and gay and lesbian writers Incorporates recent scholarship with 5 contextual sections and innovative sub-sections on topics like environmentalism and animal rights; mass literacy and mass media; sex and sexuality; melodrama and comedy; the Irish question; ruling India and the Indian Mutiny and innovations in print culture Emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the field with a focus on social, cultural, artistic, and historical factors Includes a fully annotated companion website for teachers and students offering expanded context sections, additional readings from key writers, appendices, and an extensive bibliography

The Victorian Novel

The Victorian Novel
Title The Victorian Novel PDF eBook
Author Francis O'Gorman
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 370
Release 2008-04-15
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0470779853

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This guide steers students through significant critical responses to the Victorian novel from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day.