The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short Stories beautifully demonstrates the astonishing variety and ingenuity of Victorian short stories. This collection brings together works focused on a wide range of popular Victorian subjects in many different styles and forms (including comic, gothic, fantasy, adventure, and colonial works; science fiction; children's tales; New Woman writing; Irish yarns; stories originally published in popular periodicals; and travel stories). Both well-known and lesser-known authors are included, and both men and women are well represented.

This anthology includes twenty-six annotated stories, a general introduction that discusses the history of the genre's development in relation to key socio-political issues of the Victorian era, and suggestions for secondary readings. It also includes an intriguing selection of Victorian writings on the genre by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Margaret Oliphant, Frederick Wedmore, and Laura Marholm Hansson.

About the Author

Dennis Denisoff is Professor of English at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of Aestheticism and Sexual Parody, 1840-1940 (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and Sexual Visuality from Literature to Film, 1850-1950 (Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2004).

Reviews

"Dennis Denisoff's anthology of Victorian short fiction is a ground-breaking contribution to teaching and research, with a wide-ranging and original selection of stories by 19th-century writers, and an expertly-chosen group of Victorian critical essays on the short story and its genres." - Elaine Showalter, Emeritus Professor, Princeton University

Book Information
ISBN 9781551113562
Author Dennis Denisoff
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint Broadview Press Ltd
Publisher Broadview Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 523g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm