Victorian renovations of the novel : narrative annexes and the boundries of representation /

This study of narrative technique in Victorian novels introduces the concept of 'narrative annexes' whereby unexpected characters, impermissible subjects and plot-changing events are introduced within fictional worlds which otherwise exclude them. They are marked by the crossing of borders...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Keen, Suzanne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Series:Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 15.
Subjects:
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Mimesis in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mimêsis dans la littérature.
Narration.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction.
Literature and society.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Narrative annexes: altered spaces, altered modes
  • 2. Victorian critics, narrative annexes, and prescriptions for the novel
  • 3. Norms and narrow spaces: the gendering of limits on representation
  • 4. Narrative annexes, social mobility, and class anxiety
  • 5. Older, deeper, further: narrative annexes and the extent of the Condition of England
  • 6. Victorian annexes and modern form.

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