A Concise Companion To The Victorian Novel

• Opens up for the reader the cultural world in which the Victorian novel was written and read.
  
• Crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.
  
• Provides fresh perspectives on how Victorian fiction relates to different contexts, such as class, sexuality, empire, psychology, law and biology.

List Of Illustrations.

Notes On Contributors.

Introduction: Francis O’Gorman (University of Leeds).

1. ‘The Sun And Moon Were Made To Give Them Light’: Empire In The Victorian Novel: Cannon Schmitt (Wayne State University).

2. ‘Seeing Is Believing’?: Visuality And Victorian Fiction: Kate Flint (Rutgers University).

3. ‘The Boundaries Of Social Intercourse’: Class In The Victorian Novel: James Eli Adams (Cornell University).

4. Legal Subjects, Legal Objects: The Law And Victorian Fiction: Clare Pettitt (Newnham College, Cambridge).

5. ‘The Withering Of The Individual’: Psychology In The Victorian Novel: Nicholas Dames (Columbia University).

6. ‘Telling Of My Weekly Doings’: The Material Culture Of The Victorian Novel: Mark Turner (King's College, University of London).

7. ‘Farewell Poetry And Aerial Flights’: The Function Of The Author And Victorian Fiction: Richard Salmon (University of Leeds).

8. Everywhere And Nowhere: Sexuality In The Victorian Novel: Carolyn Dever (Vanderbilt University).

9. ‘One Of The Larger Lost Continents’: Religion In The Victorian Novel: Michael Wheeler.

10. ‘The Differences Between Human Beings’: Biology In The Victorian Novel: Angelique Richardson (University of Exeter).

11. ‘One Great Confederation?’: Europe In The Victorian Novel: John Rignall (University of Warwick).

12. ‘A Long Deep Sob Of That Mysterious Wondrous Happiness That Is One With Pain’: Emotion In The Victorian Novel: Francis O’Gorman (University of Leeds).

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