An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the era, this companion explores influential dramatic works by Ibsen, Shaw and Wilde; the poetry of mourning; novelistic genres, including social problem novels and sensation fiction; and the literature of the fin de siècle's aesthetes and decadents. Cultural and historical debates - focussing on empire, national identity, science and evolution, print culture and gender - supply essential context alongside discussion of relevant critical theory.
| ISBN: | 9781408204818 |
| Publication date: | 14th June 2010 |
| Author: | Beth Palmer |
| Publisher: | Longman an imprint of Pearson Education |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 313 pages |
| Series: | York Notes Companions |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary companions, book reviews and guides Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: general Literature: history and criticism |