A History Of Victorian Literature (blackwell Hi... ⏰ 🔔
: While it covers heavyweights like the Brontës and George Eliot, it also shines a light on less familiar or "forgotten" authors such as Catherine Gore, Benjamin Disraeli, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
– Explores the height of Victorian prosperity (symbolized by the Crystal Palace) alongside the growing sense of social alienation and doubt found in works like Dickens's Bleak House . A History of Victorian Literature (Blackwell Hi...
Adams organizes the era into three distinct chronological blocks to capture the shifting cultural "milieu": : While it covers heavyweights like the Brontës
– Focuses on the rise of the industrial economy and how writers like Carlyle wrestled with "the unexampled times" and new social responsibilities. A History of Victorian Literature (Blackwell Hi...