| The Victorian Serial Contributor(s): Hughes, Linda K. (Author), Lund, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813913144 ISBN-13: 9780813913148 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $58.91 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820 |
| LCCN: 90-20878 |
| Series: Victorian Literature & Culture (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.57 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Linda K. Hughes and Michael Lund provide a new approach to the study of installment literature by showing how it embodied a view of life intrinsic to Victorian culture. They examine how the serial format affected the ways Victorian audiences interpreted sixteen major works of poetry and fiction. Their findings show that Victorian interpretations were different from those of twentieth century single-volume readings. Hughes and Lund conclude that in order to understand Victorian literature, we must understand serialization, since it was the vehicle for the best literature of the age. Further, they assert we must understand serialization as a literary form attuned to the fundamental spirit of the age. |