{"product_id":"why-victorian-literature-still-matters-paperback-softback-9781405135795","title":"Why Victorian Literature Still Matters (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405135795","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhy Victorian Literature Still Matters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“This book argues fearlessly and passionately for the relevance of Victorian literature to contemporary society, addressing a question too rarely asked in literary study: why should we care?”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarion Thain\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Birmingham\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Davis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405135795, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 September 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.29 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\"Philip Davis's Blackwell manifesto offers a spirited, polemical defence of Victorian literature in general, and Victorian realism in particular, against its modernist and postmodernist detractors.\" (Oxford Journals, 1 June 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"In Why Victorian Literature Still Matters, Davis writes as a reader.  Readers, as he defines them, are different from scholars and critics. Who distance themselves from the worlds before them by turning to history or theory instead.  Readers, by contrast, do not distance themselves at all, but rather seek ever more closeness.\" (\u003ci\u003eVictorian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Winter 2010)\"Philip Davis's [book] ... Was fascinating about Victorian writing, and one of the best books written about how novels can work.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Victorian Literature Still Matters\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the prominence of Victorian literature for contemporary readers and academics, through the author’s unique insight into why it is still important today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works of literature and close readings of important texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues for a new engagement with Victorian literature, from general readers and scholars alike\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSeeks to remove Victorian literature from an entrenched set of values, traditions and perspectives - demonstrating how vital and resonant it is for modern literary and cultural analysis\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\u003eIntroduction: The Victorian Bump and Where to Find It 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Victorian Hard Wiring 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Isaiah and Ezekiel – But What About Charley? 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Not So Straightforward: Realist Prose and What It Hides Within Itself 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Literature In Time 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Individual Agents 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 A Few of My Favorite Things: A Glove, a Sandal, and Plaited Hair 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 168\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":52501378957592,"sku":"9781405135795","price":23.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405135795.jpg?v=1786234563","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/why-victorian-literature-still-matters-paperback-softback-9781405135795","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}