Neo-Victorianism: the Victorians in the twenty-first century, 1999-2009

This field-defining book offers an interpretation of the recent figurations of neo-Victorianism published over the last ten years. Using a range of critical and cultural viewpoints, it highlights the problematic nature of this 'new' genre and its relationship to re-interpretative critical perspectives on the nineteenth century. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Memory, Mourning, Misfortune: Ancestral Houses and (Literary) Inheritences - Race and Empire: Postcolonial Neo-Victorians - Sex and Science: Bodily and Textual (Re)Inscriptions - Spectrality and S(p)ecularity: Some Reflections in the Glass -Doing it With Mirrors, or Tricks of the Trade: Neo-Victorian Metatextual Magic - The Way we Adapt Now: or, The Neo-Victorian Theme Park - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24113-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 06/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés