{"product_id":"a-concise-companion-to-the-victorian-novel-hardback-9781405103190","title":"A Concise Companion to the Victorian Novel (Hardback) 9781405103190","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Concise Companion to the Victorian Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrancis O'Gorman (Edited by), F O′Gorman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405103190, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 July 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 20 x 1.5 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[T]his book succeeds in presenting a representative selection of historicist critical thinking on panorama of themes of the novel during the period of what was, arguably, this literary form's greatest achievement. It will be a stimulating introduction for the advanced undergraduate with an interest in the nineteenth century, and a useful lead for the postgraduate student working in the field of Victorian studies on any one of the numerous taught programmes currently on offer.\" \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume presents fresh approaches to classic Victorian fiction from 1830-1900.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOpens up for the reader the cultural world in which the Victorian novel was written and read.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides fresh perspectives on how Victorian fiction relates to different contexts, such as class, sexuality, empire, psychology, law and biology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of illustrations xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancis O’Gorman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 ‘The sun and moon were made to give them light’: Empire in the Victorian Novel 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCannon Schmitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 ‘Seeing is believing?’: Visuality and Victorian Fiction 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Flint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 ‘The boundaries of social intercourse’: Class in the Victorian Novel 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Eli Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Legal subjects, legal objects: The Law and Victorian Fiction 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClare Pettitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 ‘The withering of the individual’: Psychology in the Victorian Novel 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Dames\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 ‘Telling of my weekly doings’: The Material Culture of the Victorian Novel 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark W. Turner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 ‘Farewell poetry and aerial flights’: The Function of the Author and Victorian Fiction 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Salmon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Everywhere and nowhere: Sexuality in the Victorian Novel 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Dever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 ‘One of the larger lost continents’: Religion in the Victorian Novel 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Wheeler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 ‘The difference between human beings’: Biology in the Victorian Novel 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngelique Richardson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 ‘One great confederation?’: Europe in the Victorian Novel 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Rignall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 ‘A long deep sob of that mysterious wondrous happiness that is one with pain’: Emotion in the Victorian Novel 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancis O’Gorman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 271\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52433838866712,"sku":"9781405103190","price":100.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405103190.jpg?v=1784855193","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-concise-companion-to-the-victorian-novel-hardback-9781405103190","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}