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The Routledge concise history of nineteenth century literature
- Title
- The Routledge concise history of nineteenth century literature / Josephine M. Guy and Ian Small.
- Author
- Guy, Josephine M., 1963-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Small, Ian.
- Description
- vi, 275 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Nineteenth-century Britain saw the rise of secularism, the development of a modern capitalist economy and multi-party democracy, as well as an explosive growth in technological, scientific and medical knowledge. It also witnessed the emergence of a mass literary culture which permanently changed the relationships between writers, readers and publishers.
- In their lucid and accessible manner, Josephine M. Guy and Ian Small provide readers with an understanding of the complexity and variety of nineteenth-century literary culture, as well as the historical conditions which produced it. --Book Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Routledge concise histories of literature series
- Uniform Title
- Routledge concise histories of literature series
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- 17.76 history of world literature
- 18.05 English literature
- American literature
- English literature
- Englisch
- Literatur
- Bellettrie
- Irish literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Engelsk litteratur > 1800-talet > historia
- Amerikansk litteratur > 1800-talet > historia
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History (form)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-262) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : what is nineteenth-century literature? -- The contexts of nineteenth-century literature -- Form, style and genre in nineteenth-century literature -- Nineteenth-century literary movements -- Nineteenth-century literature and history -- Nineteenth-century literature and the politics of sex and nationalism -- Nineteenth-century literature and the social production of texts.
- ISBN
- 9780415487108
- 0415487102
- 9780415487115
- 0415487110
- 9780203839416
- 0203839412
- LCCN
- 2010019471
- OCLC
- ocn631744639
- 631744639
- SCSB-14509957
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library