Key Concepts in Victorian Literature is a lively, clear and accessible resource for anyone interested in Victorian literature. It contains major facts, ideas an

Argues against the repeated emphasis on literary form and for the artistic importance of literary content.

Life in the Victorian period, focusing on the social, religious, scientific, and artistic movements that characterized the age.

How were the genres of literature changed by new methods of serialization and publishing? How did a widespread culture of performance emerge in the period to sh

How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table