Provides a uniquely detailed and accessible insight into the terminology and culture of the Victorian period Surveys not merely the reign of Queen Victoria but its antecedents in the long nineteenth century Includes illustrations derived wholly from Victorian sources Offers a crucial resource for overseas students and readers unfamiliar with the culture of the nineteenth century Key Concepts in Victorian Studies is a comprehensive and accessible resource for students of the long nineteenth century. The volume is divided into a number of cross-referenced sections which address the preoccupations and historical events of this crucial period in recent history and culture. Central to the book's function as a durable reference work is an extensive A-Z glossary which clarifies Victorian terminology and explains key historical and political events. This is supplemented with a chronology listing significant domestic, imperial and international events from 1837 to 1901; a tabulation of British Prime Ministers in office during Queen Victoria's reign; a succinct but detailed survey of the most important acts of Parliament in the period; an explanation of pre-decimal British coinage; and a useful chart which converts imperial measurement into their metric equivalents. This book is an essential reference for scholars of Victorian literature and history from undergraduate to postgraduate level.
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Publication Date: 17 Mar 2023
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781474499873
About William Hughes
William Hughes is Professor of Literature in English at the University of Macau where he leads teaching in Victorian studies and Gothic literature. He is the author of more than twenty books in the fields of Victorian studies the Gothic and medical history including The Dome of Thought: Phrenology and the Victorian Popular Imagination (Manchester University Press 2022) Key Concepts in the Gothic (Edinburgh University Press 2018) and That Devil's Trick: Hypnotism and the British Popular Imagination (Manchester University Press 2015). He has also co-edited a number of important essay collections including with Andrew Smith Suicide and the Gothic (Manchester University Press 2019) and with Ruth Heholt Gothic Britain: Dark Places in the Margins and Provinces of the British Isles (University of Wales press 2018).