York Notes Companions: Victorian Literature

by Beth Palmer

An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the era, this companion explores influential dramatic works by Ibsen, Shaw and Wilde; the poetry of mourning; novelistic genres, including social problem novels and sensation fiction; and the literature of the fin de si cle's aesthetes and decadents. Cultural and historical debates - focussing on empire, national identity, science and evolution, print culture and gender - supply essential context...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408204819
• ISBN13: 9781408204818
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 5.8"