Problem Novels: Victorian Fiction Theorizes the Sensational Self

by Anna Maria Jones

Book Overview

In Problem Novels, Anna Maria Jones argues that, far from participating "invisibly" in disciplinary regimes, many Victorian novels articulate sophisticated theories about the role of the novel in the formation of the self. In fact, it is rare to find a Victorian novel in which questions about the danger or utility of novel reading are not embedded within the narrative. In other words, one of the stories that the Victorian novel tells,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814256511
• ISBN13: 9780814256510
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"