{"product_id":"why-victorian-literature-still-matters-isbn-9781405135788","title":"Why Victorian Literature Still Matters","description":"\u003ci\u003eWhy Victorian Literature Still Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate defense of Victorian literature’s enduring impact and importance for readers interested in the relationship between literature and life, reading and thinking.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the prominence of Victorian literature for contemporary readers and academics, through the author’s unique insight into why it is still important today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works of literature and close readings of important texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues for a new engagement with Victorian literature, from general readers and scholars alike\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSeeks to remove Victorian literature from an entrenched set of values, traditions and perspectives - demonstrating how vital and resonant it is for modern literary and cultural analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Victorian Bump and Where to Find It 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Victorian Hard Wiring 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Isaiah and Ezekiel – But What About Charley? 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Not So Straightforward: Realist Prose and What It Hides Within Itself 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Literature In Time 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Individual Agents 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 A Few of My Favorite Things: A Glove, a Sandal, and Plaited Hair 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Philip Davis's Blackwell manifesto offers a spirited, polemical defence of Victorian literature in general, and Victorian realism in particular, against its modernist and postmodernist detractors.\" (Oxford Journals, 1 June 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In Why Victorian Literature Still Matters, Davis writes as a reader.  Readers, as he defines them, are different from scholars and critics. Who distance themselves from the worlds before them by turning to history or theory instead.  Readers, by contrast, do not distance themselves at all, but rather seek ever more closeness.\" (\u003ci\u003eVictorian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Winter 2010)\"Davis's manifesto will capture the attention of a wide readership of intellectuals and serious readers alike who will appreciate his rigorous discussions and insightful analyses, for while he directs such readers away from questions merely academic and critical, he is not afraid to reveal the personal significance of Victorian literature to modern sensibilities.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"With its thought-provoking readings and non-pretentious display of erudition, the book could serve well as a useful introduction to the literature of the Victorian period or as a source of stimulation for teachers and scholars in the field.\" (\u003ci\u003eNeo-Victorian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Winter 2008\/2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhy Victorian Literature Still Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is at its best when it attends to the small detail, the odd or apt grammatical gesture, the minute editorial changes that produce meaning at the most micro of levels.\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Part of a series exploring a broad range of subject areas, this book is admittedly subjective in its exploration of the relevance of Victorian literature in the 21st century. Davis notes that it is intended for the reader rather than the scholar, but it will be of more interest to academic than to public libraries.” (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Philip Davis's [book] ... Was fascinating about Victorian writing, and one of the best books written about how novels can work.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhilip Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English Literature in the School of English, University of Liverpool, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Victorians\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eBernard Malamud: A Writer's Life\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Experience of Reading; Real Voices: On Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMemory and Writing: from Wordsworth to Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as works on Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson. He is also editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, a non-academic literary magazine aimed at the serious reader.  \u003ci\u003eWhy Victorian Literature Still Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate defense of the enduring impact of Victorian realism today. With a nod to the popularity of phrenology within that era, noted literary scholar Philip Davis points to a corner of the human mind where all Victorian literature resides. This \"Victorian bump,\" he argues, is an area concerned with human purpose, morality, secularization and belief, human stories, and living in time. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eRather than emphasizing Victorian literature as an historical and reassuring body of knowledge, Davis explains its centrality for contemporary readers as an important mode of thinking and feeling, and provides a gateway of analysis into the popular prose and poetry of the Victorian Age. \u003ci\u003eWhy Victorian Literature Still Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is a positive manifesto, inviting readers to discover what they really like about a book. The author offers an insightful window for readers to formulate a sense of what Victorian literature means for them and how it relates to our wider human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e  “This book argues fearlessly and passionately for the relevance of Victorian literature to contemporary society, addressing a question too rarely asked in literary study: why should we care?”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarion Thain\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Birmingham","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990488957157,"sku":"NP9781405135788","price":100.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405135788.jpg?v=1761788030","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/why-victorian-literature-still-matters-isbn-9781405135788","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}