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The Victorians and the Eighteenth Century

By Francis O'Gorman

The Victorians and the Eighteenth Century Contemporary literature

The Victorians and the Eighteenth Century

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Disrupting the common assumption that the Victorians regarded their eighteenth-century predecessors with little interest or with disdain, this volume re-examines these relationships, exposing some of the significant and complex ways in which key aspects and texts of the eighteenth century were situated, read, and transacted with during the post-Romantic nineteenth century. The contributors challenge long-held assumptions about Victorian uses of the past, and offer new insights into how the literature and culture of the eighteenth century helped shape the culture and identity of the nineteenth. This collection of essays by an impressive array of scholars, with a Preface by David Fairer, offers a sharply new assessment of the energizing place of eighteenth-century literature and culture in the nineteenth century. While obviously of great interest to students of eighteenth-century and Victorian literature, the collection will also appeal to readers broadly concerned questions of literary influence, periodization, and historiography.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
286
Release Date:
2004-04-01
Publication Date:
2004-02-28
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0754607186
ISBN13:
9780754607182
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
568 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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