Victorian literature: a sourcebook

An anthology of both familiar and previously unavailable primary texts that illuminate the world of nineteenth-century ideas. An expert team introduce and annotate a range of original social, cultural, political and historical documents necessary for contextualising key literary texts from the Victorian period. JOHN PLUNKETT Senior Lecturer in English, University of Exeter, UK. His publications include 'Queen Victoria - First Media Monarch' and 'Victorian PrintMedia: A Reader' (both Oxford University Press). ANA VADILLO Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture at Birkbeck College, University of London,UK. Her publications include 'Women Poets and Urban Aestheticism: Passengers of Modernity' (London: Palgrave, 2005) and 'Mapping Women's Poetries at the Fin de Siècle' (co-ed with Marion Thain) Special Issue for the 'Journal of Victorian Literature and Culture' '34:2'. REGENIA GAGNIER Professor of English and Director of Exeter Interdisciplinary Institute, University of Exeter, UK. ANGELIQUE RICHARDSON Senior Lecturer in English, University of Exeter, UK. RICK RYLANCE Professor of English and Head of the School of Arts, Languages and Literature, University of Exeter, UK. PAUL YOUNG Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, Department of English, University of Exeter, UK. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Series Editor's Preface- Timeline of Historical Events - Introduction - Historical Events - Society,Politics and Class - Gender and Sexuality - Religion and Belief - Philosophy and Ideas - Arts and Aesthetics - Popular Culture - Literary Production and Reception - Empire, Race and Postcolonialism - Science and Technology - Further Reading - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-55174-9
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 328
• Fecha Publicación: 09/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés