Victorian Renovations of the Novel: Narrative Annexes and the Boundaries of Representation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521583442)

This study of narrative technique in Victorian novels introduces the concept of "narrative annexes" whereby unexpected characters, impermissible subjects and plot-changing events enter fictional worlds that otherwise exclude them, challenging Victorian cultural and literary norms. Original readings of novels by Charlotte Brontë, Dickens, Disraeli, Hardy, Kingsley, Trollope and Wells show these writers negotiating the boundaries of representation to reveal subjects (notably sexuality and social class) that contemporary critics sought to exclude from the realm of the novel.

Author: Suzanne Keen
ISBN-10: 0521583446
ISBN-13: 9780521583442
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/11/1997
Pages: 258
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d