A companion to the Victorian novel

Author(s)

• Brantlinger, Patrick
• Thesing, William B.

Bibliographic Information

A companion to the Victorian novel

edited by Patrick Brantlinger and William B. Thesing

（Blackwell companions to literature and culture, 16）

Blackwell, 2002

• : hb

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Companion to the Victorian Novel provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of British fiction published between 1837 and 1901. Provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of British fiction published during the Victorian period. Explains issues such as Victorian religions, class structure, and Darwinism to those who are unfamiliar with them. Comprises original, accessible chapters written by renowned and emerging scholars in the field of Victorian studies. Ideal for students and researchers seeking up-to-the-minute coverage of contexts and trends, or as a starting point for a survey course.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii The Contributors ix Introduction 1 Patrick Brantlinger and William B. Thesing PART I Historical Contexts and Cultural Issues 9 1 The Publishing World 11 Kelly J. Mays 2 Education, Literacy, and the Victorian Reader 31 Jonathan Rose 3 Money, the Economy, and Social Class 48 Regenia Gagnier 4 Victorian Psychology 67 Athena Vrettos 5 Empire, Race, and the Victorian Novel 84 Deirdre David 6 The Victorian Novel and Religion 101 Hilary Fraser 7 Scientific Ascendancy 119 John Kucich 8 Technology and Information: Accelerating Developments 137 Christopher Keep 9 Laws, the Legal World, and Politics 155 John R. Reed 10 Gender Politics and Women's Rights 172 Hilary M. Schor 11 The Other Arts: Victorian Visual Culture 189 Jeffrey Spear 12 Imagined Audiences: The Novelist and the Stage 207 Renata Kobetts Miller PART II Forms of the Victorian Novel 225 13 Newgate Novel to Detective Fiction 227 F. S. Schwarzbach 14 The Historical Novel 244 John Bowen 15 The Sensation Novel 260 Winifred Hughes 16 The Bildungsroman 279 John R. Maynard 17 The Gothic Romance in the Victorian Period 302 Cannon Schmitt 18 The Provincial or Regional Novel 318 Ian Duncan 19 Industrial and "Condition of England" Novels 336 James Richard Simmons, Jr. 20 Children's Fiction 353 Lewis C. Roberts 21 Victorian Science Fiction 370 Patrick Brantlinger PART III Victorian and Modern Theories of the Novel and the Reception of Novels and Novelists Then and Now 385 22 The Receptions of Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy 387 Elizabeth Langland 23 Victorian Theories of the Novel 406 Joseph W. Childers 24 Modern and Postmodern Theories of Prose Fiction 424 Audrey Jaffe 25 The Afterlife of the Victorian Novel: Novels about Novels 442 Anne Humpherys 26 The Victorian Novel in Film and on Television 458 Joss Marsh and Kamilla Elliott Index 478

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Details

• NCID: BA59028682
• ISBN:
  • 9780631220640
• LCCN: 00051914
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Malden, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 513 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR871
  • DC21 : 823/.809
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA33407255