Victorian Literature A Sourcebook

by Plunkett, John; Vadillo, Ana Parejo; Gagnier, Regenia; Richardson, Angelique; Rylance, Rick; Young, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780230551756
• ISBN10: 0230551750
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

A collection of both familiar and unfamiliar primary texts that illuminate the world of nineteenth century ideas. An expert team gather together, introduce and annotate a range of original social, cultural, political and historical documents necessary for contextualising key texts from the Victorian period.

Author Biography

JOHN PLUNKETT is Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, University of Exeter. His publications include Queen Victoria - First Media Monarch and Victorian Print Media: A Reader (both Oxford University Press).

ANA VADILLO is Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, University of Exeter. Her publications include Women Poets and Urban Aestheticism: Passengers of Modernity (London: Palgrave, 2005) and Mapping Women's Poetries at the Fin de Siècle (co-ed with Marion Thain) Special Issue for the Journal of Victorian Literature and Culture, 34: 2.

REGENIA GAGNIER is Director of Research and Director, Centre for Victorian Studies, University of Exeter.

ANGELIQUE RICHARDSON is Research Group Leader, 19th Century, Department of English, University of Exeter.

RICK RYLANCE is Professor of English and Head of the School of Arts, Languages and Literature, University of Exeter.

PAUL YOUNG is Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, Department of English, University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Timeline of Historical Events
Timeline of Events in Literature and the Arts
Historical Events
Society, Politics and Class
Gender and Sexuality
Religion and Belief
Philosophy and Ideas
Arts and Aesthetics
Popular Culture
Literary Production and Reception
Empire, Race and Postcolonialism
Science and Technology
Further Reading
Index