This is a one-stop resource offering a complete textbook for courses in Victorian literature."The Victorian Literature Handbook" is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to literature and culture in the Victorian period. It provides a one-stop resource for literature students, providing the essential information and guidance needed from introducing the historical and cultural context to key authors, texts and genres. It includes case studies for reading literary and critical texts, a guide to key critical concepts, introductions to key critical approaches, and a timeline of literary and cultural events. Essays on changes in the canon, interdisciplinary research and current and future directions in the field lead into more advanced topics and guided further reading enables further independent workWritten in clear language by leading academics, it is an indispensable starting point for anyone beginning their study of nineteenth century literature."Literature and Culture Handbooks" are an innovative series of guides to major periods, topics and authors in British and American literature and culture. Designed to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource for literature students, each handbook provides the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills.

One-stop resource offering a complete textbook for courses in Victorian literature - provides students with a comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context; major authors and movements; reading primary and critical texts; key critics, concepts and topics; major critical approaches; directions of new research.

About the Author
Alex Warwick is Senior Lecturer and subject leader in English at the University of Westminster. Martin Willis is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan.

Reviews
"A practical and comprehensive guide that will surely prove useful for students and teachers alike. Its coverage is superb and its list of contributors impressive." - Donald E. Hall, Distinguished Professor of English, West Virginia University, USA
"A highly readable and intelligent guide which will give students confidence in mapping their way through the increasingly complex world of nineteenth-century literature ... it equips readers with the ideal toolkit to enter the debate about the past, present and future of Victorian Studies." - Professor Valerie Sanders, University of Hull, UK
"It is strikingly different from its competitors in ways which will be useful to our students; in particular in its closing section it stands back from single author or single topic discussions and gives the kind of overview of Victorian criticism, recent and particularly present, which students have little time to acquire during their courses, but would find really useful..." - Ian Campbell, University of Edinburgh, UK
"Teachers will find the appendix especially interesting for its survey of Victorian literature curricula in 50 British and American universities revealing current pedagogical trends and ending with a helpful list of Websites. The handbook is an indispensable modern guide for both students and teachers of Victorian literature." - Charlotte Lindgren, American Reference Books Annual, Vol. 40, 2009
The Victorian Literature Handbook provides a helpful collection of resources for undergraduates new to the study of the literature and culture of the Victorian period. The Handbook's greatest strength lies in its novel and straightforwardly helpful approach to presenting ideas and information. -- Routledge ABES



Book Information
ISBN 9780826495778
Author Alexandra Warwick
Format Paperback
Page Count 274
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC