Neo-Victorian Fiction and Historical Narrative

The Victorians and Us
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-349-36248-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 259 g

Placing the popular genre of neo-Victorian fiction within the context of the contemporary cultural fascination with the Victorians, this book argues that these novels are distinguished by a commitment to historical specificity and understands them within their contemporary context and the context of Victorian historical and literary narratives.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hadley, L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction: Writing the Victorians Narrating the Victorians Detecting the Victorians Resurrecting the Victorians Reading the Victorians Writing as the Victorians Conclusion Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

LOUISA HADLEY has also worked at Grant MacEwan College and Concordia, University College of Alberta where she taught a range of literature courses. She has published (Palgrave 2008) and co-edited the collection (forthcoming, Palgrave Macmillan, August 2010).