Why Victorian literature still matters /
Davis, Philip
Why Victorian literature still matters / Philip Davis. - 1 online resource (vii, 171 pages). - Blackwell manifestos . - Blackwell manifestos. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index.
The Victorian bump and where to find it -- Victorian hard wiring -- Isaiah and Ezekiel -- but what about Charley? -- Not so straightforward: realist prose and what it hides within itself -- A literature in time -- Individual agents -- A few of my favorite things: a glove, a sandal, and plaited hair.
Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of Victorian literature's enduring impact and importance for readers interested in the relationship between literature and life, reading and thinking.:.; Explores the prominence of Victorian literature for contemporary readers and academics, through the author's unique insight into why it is still important today.; Provides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works of literature and close reading of important texts.; Argues for a new engagement with Victorian literature, from general readers and scholars alike.; Seeks to.
9781444304619 1444304615 1444304623 9781444304626
10.1002/9781444304619 doi
10.1002/9781444304619 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
1800-1899
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
English fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
English literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR871 / .D35 2008
820.9/008
Why Victorian literature still matters / Philip Davis. - 1 online resource (vii, 171 pages). - Blackwell manifestos . - Blackwell manifestos. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index.
The Victorian bump and where to find it -- Victorian hard wiring -- Isaiah and Ezekiel -- but what about Charley? -- Not so straightforward: realist prose and what it hides within itself -- A literature in time -- Individual agents -- A few of my favorite things: a glove, a sandal, and plaited hair.
Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of Victorian literature's enduring impact and importance for readers interested in the relationship between literature and life, reading and thinking.:.; Explores the prominence of Victorian literature for contemporary readers and academics, through the author's unique insight into why it is still important today.; Provides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works of literature and close reading of important texts.; Argues for a new engagement with Victorian literature, from general readers and scholars alike.; Seeks to.
9781444304619 1444304615 1444304623 9781444304626
10.1002/9781444304619 doi
10.1002/9781444304619 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
1800-1899
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
English fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
English literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR871 / .D35 2008
820.9/008