TY - BOOK ID - 78147304 TI - The Victorian novel in context PY - 2012 SN - 1474211550 1441124136 9781441124135 1306844258 9781306844253 9781847064882 9781474211550 9781441112675 9781847064899 1441112677 9781441112675 1847064884 9781847064882 1847064892 9781847064899 PB - London New York Continuum DB - UniCat KW - English fiction KW - Literature and society KW - History and criticism. KW - History KW - 820-31 "18" KW - 820-31 "18" Engelse literatuur: novel; roman--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 KW - Engelse literatuur: novel; roman--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 KW - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78147304 AB - This book introduces students to the Victorian novel and its contexts, teaching strategies for reading and researching nineteenth-century literature. Combining close reading with background information and analysis it considers the Victorian novel as a product of the industrial age by focusing on popular texts including Dickens's Oliver Twist, Gaskell's North and South and Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.   The Victorian Novel in Context examines the changing readership resulting from the growth of mass literacy and the effect that this had on the form of the novel. Taking texts from the early, mid and late Victorian period it encourages students to consider how serialization shaped the nineteenth-century novel. It highlights the importance of politics, religion and the evolutionary debate in 'classic' Victorian texts. Addressing key concerns including realist writing, literature and imperialism, urbanization and women's writing, it introduces students to a variety of the most important critical approaches to the novels. Introducing texts, contexts and criticism, this is a lively and up-to-date resource for anyone studying the Victorian novel. ER -