{"product_id":"9781118624494","title":"A New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHerbert F. Tucker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA NEW COMPANION TO VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Victorian period was a time of rapid cultural change, which resulted in a huge and varied literary output. \u003ci\u003eA New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e offers experienced guidance to the literature of nineteenth-century Britain and its social and historical context. This revised and expanded edition comprises contributions from over 30 leading scholars who, approaching the Victorian epoch from different positions and traditions, delve into the unruly complexities of the Victorian imagination.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDivided into five parts, this new \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e surveys seven decades of history before examining the key phases in a Victorian life, the leading professions and walks of life, the major literary genres, the way Victorians defined their persons, homes, and national identity, and how recent “neo-Victorian” developments in contemporary culture reconfigure the sense we make of the past today. Important topics such as sexuality, denominational faith, social class, and global empire inform each chapter’s approach. Each chapter provides a comprehensive bibliography of established and emerging scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbert F. Tucker\u003c\/b\u003e is John C. Coleman Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Virginia, USA. His books include \u003ci\u003eEpic: Britain’s Heroic Muse 1790–1910\u003c\/i\u003e (2008, 2012) and \u003ci\u003eVictorian Literature 1830–1900\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Dorothy Mermin, 2001). A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is Associate Editor for \u003ci\u003eNew Literary History\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor for the \u003ci\u003eVictorian Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e series of the University of Virginia Press.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 May 2014\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\u003e9781118624494\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\u003e584\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e37.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378799407244,"sku":"9781118624494","price":200.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118624494.jpg?v=1780154057","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118624494","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}