English Literature 1832-1890 excluding the novel

543 Pages·1989·12.573 MB·English

by  Paul Turner

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This volume continues the story of English
literature through most of the Victorian
period—a period that in religion and poli­
tics, science and technology, social life and
its physical environment, witnessed the
often painful development of modern
England. A population-explosion, hurried
progress in education, and a massive
increase in the reading public were met by
a literary output of unprecedented variety
and richness. In architecture and the visual
arts there was an equal surge of produc­
tivity, which affected literature most
notably through the Pre-Raphaelite move­
ment.
Literature is here taken to include not
only traditional genres such as poetry,
drama, and history, but some scientific
and technical writing, art-criticism and
religious controversy, biography, auto­
biography, travel books, and books for
children; over 170 authors are discussed.
The whole field is surveyed in the light of
present-day scholarship, but in the context
of its contemporary background, and
against such classical and other literary
precedents as were still a potent influence
on authors’ minds.
The book opens with a chapter on the
historical background, and the text is
further supplemented by a chronological
table of contemporary events, a select
bibliography, and an index.
Paul Turner is an Emeritus Fellow of
tinacre College, Oxford.
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THE OXFORD HISTORY OF
ENGLISH LITERATURE
General Editors
JOHN BUXTON and NORMAN DAVIS

E L
nglish iterature
1 8 3 2 - 1 8 9 0
E N
xcluding the ovel
PAUL TURNER
C LA R EN D O N P R ESS • O XFO RD
1989
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Turner, Paul
Engltsh literature 1832-1890 excluding
the novel.
1. English literature—1800-1900
Critical studies.
I. Title
820.9'ooy
ISBN 0-19-812217-9
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Turner, Paul, 1917-
English literature, 1832-1890 : excluding the novel j Paul Turner.
(The Oxford history of English literature)
Bibliography. Includes index.
1. English literature—19th century—History and criticism.
I. Title. II. Series.
PR461.T87 1989 820' .9008— dc 19 88-19501
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