{"product_id":"9780631226277","title":"The Victorian Novel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Victorian Novel\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLouis James\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis inspiring survey challenges conventional ways of viewing the Victorian novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides time maps and overviews of historical and social contexts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the relationship between the Victorian novel and historical, religious and bibliographic writing.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures short biographies of over forty Victorian authors, including Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Robert Louis Stevenson.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers close readings of over 30 key texts, among them Charlotte Brontë's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e (1847) and Bram Stoker's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e (1897), as well as key presences, such as John Bunyan's \u003ci\u003ePilgrim's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e (Pt 1, 1676, Pt 2, 1684).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlso covers topics such as colonialism, scientific speculation, the psychic and the supernatural, and working class reading.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eLouis James’s\u003c\/b\u003e writing reflects his interests in Victorian and postcolonial literature, and his main publications include \u003ci\u003eFiction for the Working Man 1830-50\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), \u003ci\u003ePrint and the People\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) and \u003ci\u003eCaribbean Writing in English\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). After a much-travelled academic life he now lives with his wife and two cats near the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he is an Emeritus Professor of English.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 January 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631226277\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314369065100,"sku":"9780631226277","price":125.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631226277.jpg?v=1781090744","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631226277","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}