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Victorian Renovations of the Novel: Narrative Annexes and the Boundaries of Representation Hardback - 1997

by Suzanne Keen

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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 Bront, 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.

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  • Title Victorian Renovations of the Novel: Narrative Annexes and the Boundaries of Representation
  • Author Suzanne Keen
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 258
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Publication date 1997-12-11
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780521583442 / 0521583446
  • Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.75 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects English fiction - 19th century - History and, Narration (Rhetoric)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97023903
  • Dewey Decimal Code 823.809

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