Drawing on extensive research, John Sutherland builds up a fascinating picture of the cultural, social and commercial factors influencing the content and production of Victorian fiction, discussing major writers such as Collins, Dickens, Eliot, Thackeray and Trollope alongside writers also very popular with the reading public - Reade, Lytton and Mrs Humphry Ward - but whose fame has not endured. Richly informative on the Victorian literary and cultural scene, this new reissue of John Sutherland's important 1995 study is essential reading for all those interested in the evolution of the Victorian novel, and includes a new Preface situating the book in current research being carried out on the history of the book and print culture.
ISBN: | 9781403939852 |
Publication date: | 16th December 2005 |
Author: | John Sutherland |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 198 pages |
Genres: |
Fiction Social and cultural history Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literature: history and criticism |