{"product_id":"a-new-companion-to-victorian-literature-and-culture-isbn-9781118624494","title":"A New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture","description":"\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\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\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One History in Focus 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 1832 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLawrence Poston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 1851 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAntony H. Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 1870 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda K. Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 1897 52\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Arata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Passages of Life 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Growing Up: Childhood 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaudia Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Moving Out: Adolescence 82\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChris R. Vanden Bossche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Growing Old: Age 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTeresa Mangum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Passing On: Death 110\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerhard Joseph and Herbert F. Tucker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Victorian Sexualities 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Eli Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three Walks of Life 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Clerical 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine L. Krueger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Legal 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimon Petch and Jan-Melissa Schramm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Medical 172\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLawrence Rothfi eld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Military 186\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn R. Reed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Educational 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas William Heyck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Administrative 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Financial 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Crosby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Industrial 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHerbert Sussman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Commercial 264\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer Wicke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Artistic 284\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Codell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Spectacle 299\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoss Marsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Publishing 312\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard D. Altick and James Mussell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four Kinds of Writing 331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Poetry 333\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eE. Warwick Slinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Fiction 349\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHilary M. Schor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Drama 364\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Fischler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Life Writing 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Peltason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Sage Writing 399\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda H. Peterson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Historiography 414\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Literary Criticism 430\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid E. Latané, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Five Borders 447\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Permeable Protections: The Working Life of Victorian Skin 449\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelena Michie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 On the Parapets of Privacy 462\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren Chase and Michael Levenson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 “Then on the Shore of this Wide World”: The Victorian Nation and its Others 475\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Buzard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 On the Neo-Victorian, Now and Then 493\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnn Heilmann and Mark Llewellyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Works Cited 507\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Subject Index 519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbert F. Tucker\u003c\/b\u003e is John C. Coleman Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Virginia, USA. 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