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Victorian Nonfiction Prose

By Kathy Rees

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Victorian Nonfiction Prose

By Kathy Rees

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"The Victorian Era saw a revolution in communication technology. Millions of texts emerged from a complex network of writers, editors, publishers and reviewers, to shape and be shaped by the dynamics of a rapidly industrializing society. Many of these works offer fundamental, often surprising insights into Victorian society. Why, for example, did the innocuously titled Essays and Reviews (1860) trigger public outrage? How did Eliza Lynn Linton, almost forgotten today, become the first salaried woman journalist in England? What is "table-talk"? Critical approaches to Victorian prose have long focused on a few canonical writers. Recent scholarship has recognized a wide diversity of practitioners, forms and modes of dissemination. Presented in accessible A-Z format, this literary companion reinstates nonfiction as a principal vehicle of knowledge and debate in Victorian Britain"--
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2022-12-16
Publication Date:
2022-12-16
Publisher:
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1476681244
ISBN13:
9781476681245
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
579 g
Height:
178 cm
Width:
254 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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