A companion to Victorian literature and culture

著者

• Tucker, Herbert F.

書誌事項

A companion to Victorian literature and culture

edited by Herbert F. Tucker

（Blackwell companions to literature and culture, 2）

Blackwell Publishers, 1999

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780631204633

内容説明

Thirty leading Victorianists from around the world collaborate here in a multidimensional analysis of the breadth and sweep of modern Britain's longest, unruliest literary epoch. Four initial chapters of historical overview focus on climactic years (1832, 1848, 1870, 1897) in which accumulated forces for change precipitated new Victorian directions. Four chapters from Part II examine in childhood, adolescence, aging, and death the chief phases of an individual life and their literary representations, while a fifth considers how pervasively Victorian lives were influenced by sexuality. Part III expands the midmost life phase, working adulthood, to survey prominent Victorian careers, with chapters on religion, medicine, education, law, bureaucracy, the military, banking, industry, commerce, spectacle and publishing. While each chapter of the Companion highlights literary aspects of its topic, literature as such takes centre stage in Part IV, which comprises separate chapters on the genres of poetry, fiction, sage writing, life writing, drama, and literary criticism. The book concludes with three essays that investigate Victorians' conception of their world as defined by the maintenance and transgression of borders: between body and environment, home and street, nation and globe. This integrated design lets the Companion combine inclusiveness with convenience. Its topical spectrum, precision of focus, and accessible style keep the book available for ready consultation, while an index and network of cross-references encourage further study. At the same time, when read sequentially the book renders a textured and polyphonic image, by diverse hands exemplifying diverse standpoints, of the Victorian imagination: a manifold cultural force that notoriously eludes neat summary, yet bequeathed to our own day a recognizable tradition with which we are destined to struggle - as scholars, as modern people - for some time to come.

目次

Part I: History In Focus: 1. 1832: Finding the Beginning: Lawrence Poston. 2. 1848: Revolution and Reform: Antony H. Harrison. 3. 1870: Linda K. Hughes. 4. 1897: Stephen Arata. Part II: Passages Of Life: 5. Growing Up: Childhood: Claudia Nelson. 6. Moving Out: Adolescence: Chris R. Vanden Bossche. 7. Growing Old: Age: Teresa Mangum. 8. Passing On: Death: Gerhard Joseph and Herbert F. Tucker. 9. Victorian Sexualities: James Eli Adams. Part III: Walks Of Life: 10. Clerical: Christine L. Krueger. 11. Legal: Simon Petch. 12. Medical: Lawrence Rothfield. 13. Military: John R. Reed. 14. Educational: Thomas William Heyck. 15. Administrative: Robert Newsom. 16. Financial: Christina Crosby. 17. Industrial: Herbert Sussman. 18. Commercial: Jennifer Wicke. 19. Spectacle: Joss Marsh. 20. Publishing: Richard D. Altick. Part IV: Kinds Of Writing: 21. Poetry: E. Warwick Slinn. 22. Fiction: Hilary Schor. 23. Drama: Alan Fischler. 24. Life Writing: Timothy Peltason. 25. Sage Writing: Linda H. Petersen. 26. Literary Criticism: David E. Latane, Jr. Part V: Borders: Skins / Walls / Shores: 27. Under Victorian Skins: Helena Michie. 28. On the Parapets of Privacy: Karen Chase and Michael Levenson. 29. 'Then on the Shore of the Wide World': The Victorian Nation and Its Others: James Buzard. Index .

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780631218760

内容説明

Thirty leading Victorianists from around the world collaborate here in a multidimensional analysis of the breadth and sweep of modern Britain's longest, unruliest literary epoch.

目次

Introduction x Notes on Contributors xiv Part One History in Focus 1 1832 3 Lawrence Poston 2 1848 19 Antony H. Harrison 3 1870 35 Linda K. Hughes 4 1897 51 Stephen Arata Part Two Passages of Life 5 Growing Up: Childhood 69 Claudia Nelson 6 Moving Out: Adolescence 82 Chris R. Vanden Bossche 7 Growing Old: Age 97 Teresa Mangum 8 Passing On: Death 110 Gerhard Joseph and Herbert F. Tucker 9 Victorian Sexualities 125 James Eli Adams Copyrighted Material Part Three Walks of Life 10 Clerical 141 Christine L. Krueger 11 Legal 155 Simon Petch 12 Medical 170 Lawrence Rothfield 13 Military 183 John R. Reed 14 Educational 194 Thomas William Heyck 15 Administrative 212 Robert Newsom 16 Financial 225 Christina Crosby 17 Industrial 244 Herbert Sussman 18 Commercial 258 Jennifer Wicke 19 Spectacle 276 Joss Marsh 20 Publishing 289 Richard D. Altick Part Four Kinds of Writing 21 Poetry 307 E. Warwick Slinn 22 Fiction 323 Hilary Schor 23 Drama 339 Alan Fischler 24 Life Writing 356 Timothy Peltason 25 Sage Writing 373 Linda H. Peterson Notes Contents Contributors ix 26 Literary Criticism 388 David E. Latane, Jr Part Five Borders 27 Under Victorian Skins: The Bodies Beneath 407 Helena Michie 28 On the Parapets of Privacy 425 Karen Chase and Michael Levenson 29 "Then on the Shore of the Wide World": The Victorian Nation and its Others 438 James Buzard General Subject Index 456 Index of Victorian Works 481

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA39214877
• ISBN:
  • 0631204636
  • 0631218769
• LCCN: 98019517
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Malden, Mass
• ページ数/冊数: xviii, 488 p.
• 大きさ: 26 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PR461
  • DC21 : 820.9/008
• 件名:
  • LCSH : English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA33407255