9780631226277-0631226273-The Victorian Novel (Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature)

The Victorian Novel (Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature)

ISBN-13: 9780631226277
ISBN-10: 0631226273
Edition: 1
Author: Louis James
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Hardcover 272 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780631226277
ISBN-10: 0631226273
Edition: 1
Author: Louis James
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Hardcover 272 pages

Summary

The Victorian Novel (Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature) (ISBN-13: 9780631226277 and ISBN-10: 0631226273), written by authors Louis James, was published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2006. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Literature (Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, Writing, Writing, Research & Publishing Guides) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Victorian Novel (Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Literature books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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This inspiring survey challenges conventional ways of viewing the Victorian novel.

  • Provides time maps and overviews of historical and social contexts.
  • Considers the relationship between the Victorian novel and historical, religious and bibliographic writing.
  • Features short biographies of over forty Victorian authors, including Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
  • Offers close readings of over 30 key texts, among them Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), as well as key presences, such as John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (Pt 1, 1676, Pt 2, 1684).
  • Also covers topics such as colonialism, scientific speculation, the psychic and the supernatural, and working class reading.
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