Victoriana: Histories, Fictions, Criticism

by Cora Kaplan

Book Overview

In Victoriana, leading feminist cultural critic Cora Kaplan reflects on our modern obsession with Victorian culture. She considers evocations of the nineteenth century in literature (The French Lieutenants' Woman by John Fowles, Possession by A. S. Byatt, Nice Work by David Lodge, The Master by Colm T ib n, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst), film (Jane Campion's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023114217X
• ISBN13: 9780231142175
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher