{"product_id":"my-victorian-novel-annette-r-federico-9780826222077","title":"My Victorian Novel: Critical Essays in the Personal Voice","description":"The previously unpublished essays collected here are by literary scholars who have dedicated their lives to reading and studying nineteenth-century British fiction and the Victorian world. Each writes about a novel that has acquired personal relevance to them--a work that has become entwined with their own story, or that remains elusive or compelling for reasons hard to explain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are essays in the original sense of the word, \u003ci\u003eattempts\u003c\/i\u003e: individual and experiential approaches to literary works that have subjective meanings beyond social facts. By reflecting on their own histories with novels taught, studied, researched, and re-experienced in different contexts over many years, the contributors reveal how an aesthetic object comes to inhabit our critical, pedagogical, and personal lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By inviting scholars to share their experiences with a favorite novel without the pressure of an analytical agenda, the sociable essays in \u003ci\u003eMy Victorian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e seek to restore some vitality to the act of literary criticism, and encourage other scholars to talk about the importance of reading in their lives and the stories that have enchanted and transformed them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The novels in this collection include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e by Charlotte Bront  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Duke's Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eby Anthony Trollope \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e by Arthur Conan Doyle \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Newcomes\u003c\/i\u003e by William Makepeace Thackeray \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eby George Eliot \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Deronda\u003c\/i\u003e by George Eliot \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Native\u003c\/i\u003e by Thomas Hardy \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e by William Makepeace Thackeray \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth and South\u003c\/i\u003e by Elizabeth Gaskell \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e by Charles Dickens \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/i\u003e by Charles Dickens \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Grub Street\u003c\/i\u003e by George Gissing \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick\u003c\/i\u003e Papers by Charles Dickens \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDracula \u003c\/i\u003eby Bram Stoker \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e by Emily Bront\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annette R. Federico\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826222072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826222077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021","brand":"Annette R. Federico","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983618474239,"sku":"9780826222077","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa31dcb3-a9f4-45eb-a22e-336efbf4b5f3.jpg?v=1683267723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-victorian-novel-annette-r-federico-9780826222077","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}