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The Resource Rethinking Victorian culture, edited by Juliet John and Alice Jenkins ; foreword by John Sutherland

Rethinking Victorian culture, edited by Juliet John and Alice Jenkins ; foreword by John Sutherland

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Summary
"The Victorian period witnessed a fundamental reassessment of the very concept of culture. Cultural theorists from Matthew Arnold in Culture and Anarchy to Raymond Williams in Culture and Society have acknowledged the importance of the Victorian period in the history of culture. More recently, however, the rise of cultural studies has signalled a particular intensity of interest in twentieth-century cultural history and theory. Rethinking Victorian Culture is predicated on the view that the histories of Victorian and modern culture form a continuous narrative." "Original essays by eminent and emerging Victorianists re-evaluate Victorian culture using a variety of different critical and theoretical approaches. As importantly, the collection offers a reassessment, explicit and implicit, of Victorian studies and its methodologies."--Jacket
Language
eng
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Extent
xvi, 244 p.
Contents
  • From 'non-fiction prose' to 'cultural criticism' : genre and disciplinarity in Victorian studies / Stefan Collini
  • Republican versus Victorian : radical writing in the later years of the nineteenth century / John Lucas
  • 'The mote within the eye' : dust and Victorian vision / Kate Flint
  • Purging Christianity of its Semitic origins : Kingsley, Arnold and the Bible / Stephen Prickett
  • Dickens and the millennium / Andrew Sanders
  • Re-arranging the year : the almanac, the day book and the year book as popular literary forms, 1789-1860 / Brian Maidment
  • Tennyson and the apostles / John Coyle and Richard Cronin
  • Twisting the Newgate tale : Dickens, popular culture and the politics of genre / Juliet John
  • 'More interesting than all the books, save one' : Charles Kingsley's construction of natural history / Francis O'Gorman
  • Writing the self and writing science : Mary Somerville as autobiographer / Alice Jenkins
  • A taste for change in Our mutual friend : cultivation or education? / Pam Morris
  • 'The mother of our mothers' : ghostly strategies in women's writing / Anthea Trodd
  • Actresses, autobiography and the 1890s / Gail Marshall
  • Modernity and progress in economics and aesthetics / Regenia Gagnier
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9780333714461
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Rethinking Victorian culture
Title
Rethinking Victorian culture
Statement of responsibility
edited by Juliet John and Alice Jenkins ; foreword by John Sutherland
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"The Victorian period witnessed a fundamental reassessment of the very concept of culture. Cultural theorists from Matthew Arnold in Culture and Anarchy to Raymond Williams in Culture and Society have acknowledged the importance of the Victorian period in the history of culture. More recently, however, the rise of cultural studies has signalled a particular intensity of interest in twentieth-century cultural history and theory. Rethinking Victorian Culture is predicated on the view that the histories of Victorian and modern culture form a continuous narrative." "Original essays by eminent and emerging Victorianists re-evaluate Victorian culture using a variety of different critical and theoretical approaches. As importantly, the collection offers a reassessment, explicit and implicit, of Victorian studies and its methodologies."--Jacket
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DLC
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • 1967-
  • 1970-
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  • John, Juliet
  • Jenkins, Alice
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  • English literature
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
Label
Rethinking Victorian culture, edited by Juliet John and Alice Jenkins ; foreword by John Sutherland
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
From 'non-fiction prose' to 'cultural criticism' : genre and disciplinarity in Victorian studies / Stefan Collini -- Republican versus Victorian : radical writing in the later years of the nineteenth century / John Lucas -- 'The mote within the eye' : dust and Victorian vision / Kate Flint -- Purging Christianity of its Semitic origins : Kingsley, Arnold and the Bible / Stephen Prickett -- Dickens and the millennium / Andrew Sanders -- Re-arranging the year : the almanac, the day book and the year book as popular literary forms, 1789-1860 / Brian Maidment -- Tennyson and the apostles / John Coyle and Richard Cronin -- Twisting the Newgate tale : Dickens, popular culture and the politics of genre / Juliet John -- 'More interesting than all the books, save one' : Charles Kingsley's construction of natural history / Francis O'Gorman -- Writing the self and writing science : Mary Somerville as autobiographer / Alice Jenkins -- A taste for change in Our mutual friend : cultivation or education? / Pam Morris -- 'The mother of our mothers' : ghostly strategies in women's writing / Anthea Trodd -- Actresses, autobiography and the 1890s / Gail Marshall -- Modernity and progress in economics and aesthetics / Regenia Gagnier
Control code
ocm41338108
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xvi, 244 p.
Isbn
9780333714461
Lccn
99029985
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill.
Label
Rethinking Victorian culture, edited by Juliet John and Alice Jenkins ; foreword by John Sutherland
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
From 'non-fiction prose' to 'cultural criticism' : genre and disciplinarity in Victorian studies / Stefan Collini -- Republican versus Victorian : radical writing in the later years of the nineteenth century / John Lucas -- 'The mote within the eye' : dust and Victorian vision / Kate Flint -- Purging Christianity of its Semitic origins : Kingsley, Arnold and the Bible / Stephen Prickett -- Dickens and the millennium / Andrew Sanders -- Re-arranging the year : the almanac, the day book and the year book as popular literary forms, 1789-1860 / Brian Maidment -- Tennyson and the apostles / John Coyle and Richard Cronin -- Twisting the Newgate tale : Dickens, popular culture and the politics of genre / Juliet John -- 'More interesting than all the books, save one' : Charles Kingsley's construction of natural history / Francis O'Gorman -- Writing the self and writing science : Mary Somerville as autobiographer / Alice Jenkins -- A taste for change in Our mutual friend : cultivation or education? / Pam Morris -- 'The mother of our mothers' : ghostly strategies in women's writing / Anthea Trodd -- Actresses, autobiography and the 1890s / Gail Marshall -- Modernity and progress in economics and aesthetics / Regenia Gagnier
Control code
ocm41338108
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xvi, 244 p.
Isbn
9780333714461
Lccn
99029985
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill.

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