Victorian Literature And Culture (Introductions to British Literature and Culture)
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: January 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780826488831
Subjects: Literary studies: 19th century; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; General; 19th century; English literature; Great Britain; History; History and criticism; Literature and society
Description: This guide to Victorian Literature and Culture provides students with the ideal introduction to literature and its context from 1837-1900, including: - the historical, cultural and intellectual background including politics and economics, popular culture, philosophy - major writers and genres including the Brontes, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Trollope, Thackeray, Conan Doyle, Ibsen, Shaw, Hopkins, Rossetti and Tennyson - concise explanations of key terms needed to understand the literature and criticism - key critical approaches - a chronology mapping historical events and literary works and further reading including websites and electronic resources.