The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Prose, 1832-1901

The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Prose, 1832-1901
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Total Pages : 553
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ISBN-10 : 9781551118604
ISBN-13 : 1551118602
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Download or read book The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Prose, 1832-1901 written by Mary Elizabeth Leighton and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2012-08-20 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorian era witnessed dramatic transformations in print culture, and this new anthology covers the exciting intellectual and social debates of the period. From first-person accounts of the lives of factory workers to Oscar Wilde’s aesthetic theory, and from narratives of British travelers in Africa and Asia to Havelock Ellis’s theories of “sexual inversion,” the surprising diversity of nineteenth-century nonfiction writing is represented. Illustrations from Victorian periodicals provide a vivid sense of the original reading experience. The book’s thematic organization emphasizes the social and historical contexts of prose writings, as well as the way in which these writings address each other. In addition to a general critical introduction, the anthology features new thematic introductions by experts in the field.


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