| Victorian Renovations of the Novel: Narrative Annexes and the Boundaries of Representation Contributor(s): Keene, Suzanne (Author), Keen, Suzanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521583446 ISBN-13: 9780521583442 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.809 |
| LCCN: 97023903 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature & Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study of narrative technique in Victorian novels introduces the concept of narrative annexes whereby unexpected characters, impermissible subjects and plot-changing events enter fictional worlds that otherwise exclude them, challenging Victorian cultural and literary norms. Original readings of novels by Charlotte Brontė, Dickens, Disraeli, Hardy, Kingsley, Trollope and Wells show these writers negotiating the boundaries of representation to reveal subjects (notably sexuality and social class) that contemporary critics sought to exclude from the realm of the novel. |