Dickens to Hardy 1837-1884

The Novel, the Past and Cultural Memory in the Nineteenth Century

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory
Cover of the book Dickens to Hardy 1837-1884 by Julian Wolfreys, Macmillan Education UK
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Author: Julian Wolfreys ISBN: 9781137086198
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK Publication: June 27, 2007
Imprint: Red Globe Press Language: English
Author: Julian Wolfreys
ISBN: 9781137086198
Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Publication: June 27, 2007
Imprint: Red Globe Press
Language: English

This authoritative survey examines how the Victorian middle-classes perceived themselves, through analyses of the literature of the period. Asking how the middle classes distinguished themselves from their forbears, Julian Wolfreys reads in detail major novels by:
- Charles Dickens
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- Wilkie Collins
- George Eliot
- Thomas Hardy.

Wolfreys explores the novelists' constructions of modernity, national identity and their understanding of 'becoming historical' in distinction from that of previous generations. He offers illuminating close readings of texts and examines narratives set in a recent past in order to investigate the role of cultural memory in the making of identity. Also featuring a helpful Chronology and an Annotated Bibliography to aid further study, this stimulating guide encourages readers to reassess the work of key writers of the nineteenth century.

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This authoritative survey examines how the Victorian middle-classes perceived themselves, through analyses of the literature of the period. Asking how the middle classes distinguished themselves from their forbears, Julian Wolfreys reads in detail major novels by:
- Charles Dickens
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- Wilkie Collins
- George Eliot
- Thomas Hardy.

Wolfreys explores the novelists' constructions of modernity, national identity and their understanding of 'becoming historical' in distinction from that of previous generations. He offers illuminating close readings of texts and examines narratives set in a recent past in order to investigate the role of cultural memory in the making of identity. Also featuring a helpful Chronology and an Annotated Bibliography to aid further study, this stimulating guide encourages readers to reassess the work of key writers of the nineteenth century.

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