Victorians in Theory
John Schad
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Paperback. Explores the startling conceit that nineteenth-century poetry is amazed by twentieth-century literary theory. This title re-reads poststructuralist theory through Victorian poetry. It is suitable for those interested in the Victorians or theory. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
"Each century," wrote Charles Dickens "[is] more amazed by the century following it than by all the centuries before." Victorians in theory explores the startling conceit that nineteenth-century poetry is amazed by twentieth-century literary theory. In a daring and exciting departure from critical convention, Schad re-reads postructuralist theory through Victorian poetry. Each chapter pairs a poet with a theorist: Robert Browning meets Jacques Derrida; Christina Rossetti encounters Luce Irigaray; Matthew Arnold is after Michel Foucault; Gerald Manley Hopkins dreams with Jacques Lacan; and Elizabeth Barrett Browning haunts ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719081224
SKU
V9780719081224
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About John Schad
John Schad is Professor of Modern Literature at Lancaster University
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