Victorian literature and culture series
Description
Victorian literature is English literature during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). In the Victorian era, the novel became the leading literary genre in English. English writing from this era reflects the major transformations in most aspects of English life, from scientific, economic, and technological advances to changes in class structures and the role of religion in society. The number of new novels published each year increased from 100 at the start of the period to 1000 by the end of it. Famous novelists from this period include Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, the three Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë), Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), Thomas Hardy, and Rudyard Kipling.
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Books in this Series
The fowl and the pussycat
"Michael Field was the pseudonym used by Katharine Bradley (1846-1914) and Edith Cooper (1862-1913)-coauthors and lovers - for the poetry and verse drama they published. This edition of the love letters of Michael Field brings together for the first time a personal correspondence thought lost by critics. As the first modern scholarly edition of any of Michael Field's writings, the 168 letters represent a treasure trove of almost untouched manuscript material, including many from the critical early years (1876-1885) of this aunt-niece collaboration. The letters contain both published and unpublished poems and insights into the dramas and their production and are supplemented by extensive annotation and a biographical introduction. Recent critical analysis of poetry and plays written by Michael Field has resulted in more complex interpretations of lesbian textuality, but our understanding of the lives of these poets remains obscured by a pervasive myth of unity. By drawing on previously neglected information about the early lives of Bradley and Cooper made available in these letters, Bickle is able to challenge many current perceptions about the poets' lives. She also shows how the letters provide a context for understanding the development of specific works and for reevaluating the significance of Michael Field as a late-Victorian writer."--Jacket.
The letters of Matthew Arnold
This digital edition incorporates the complete text of the 6 volume print edition of University of Virginia Press, 1996. Matthew Arnold was the preeminent poet/critic of the second half of the nineteenth century. Including nearly 4,000 letters, The Letters of Matthew Arnold represents the most comprehensive and assiduously annotated collection of his correspondence available. This digital edition is fully searchable and includes both a linked index and a complete chronological listing of the letters from 1829-1888.
The Letters of Christina Rossetti
This digital edition incorporates the complete text of the 4-volume print edition, The Letters of Christina Rossetti. ed. All 2124 letters may be read in chronological order or searched by full text or recipient. In addition, indexes from the print volumes have been consolidated into a single online index.
The genius of John Ruskin
Excerpts of John Ruskin's writings, with an overall introduction and separate introductions to five sections representing key aspects of Ruskin's life and work -- art, architecture, society (industrialization and British society, including "Unto This Last"), solitude (Ruskin's later period of intellectual isolation), and self (Ruskin's autobiography, "Praeterita"). The book also includes a chronology of Ruskin's life and a bibliography of works about Ruskin with editor's comments on their significance.