New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture
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- ISBN 9781118624494
- Weight: 1052g
- Dimensions: 178 x 252mm
- Publication Date: 11 Apr 2014
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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The Victorian period was a time of rapid cultural change, which resulted in a huge and varied literary output. A New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture offers experienced guidance to the literature of nineteenth-century Britain and its social and historical context. This revised and expanded edition comprises contributions from over 30 leading scholars who, approaching the Victorian epoch from different positions and traditions, delve into the unruly complexities of the Victorian imagination.
Divided into five parts, this new Companion surveys seven decades of history before examining the key phases in a Victorian life, the leading professions and walks of life, the major literary genres, the way Victorians defined their persons, homes, and national identity, and how recent “neo-Victorian” developments in contemporary culture reconfigure the sense we make of the past today. Important topics such as sexuality, denominational faith, social class, and global empire inform each chapter’s approach. Each chapter provides a comprehensive bibliography of established and emerging scholarship.
Herbert F. Tucker is John C. Coleman Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Virginia, USA. His books include Epic: Britain’s Heroic Muse 1790–1910 (2008, 2012) and Victorian Literature 1830–1900 (edited with Dorothy Mermin, 2001). A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is Associate Editor for New Literary History, and editor for the Victorian Literature and Culture series of the University of Virginia Press.
