TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davis,Philip
ED  - Wiley InterScience (Online service)
TI  - Why Victorian literature still matters
T2  - Blackwell manifestos
SN  - 9781444304619
AV  - PR871 .D35 2008
U1  - 820.9/008 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chichester, Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - English fiction
KW  - 19th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - English literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444304619
ER  -