The Victorian Novel Dreams of the Real: Conventions and Ideology

by Audrey Jaffe

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Critical discussions of the Victorian realist novel tend to focus on its vivid representations of everyday life. The Victorian Novel Dreams of the Real proposes that the genre is founded in desire, moving the novels not towards a shared reality but rather toward distinct fantasies: dreams of the real.

Rather than simply redefine Victorian realism or propose a new canon for it, The Victorian Novel Dreams of the Real argues that the real is inevitably,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0190067810

ISBN13:9780190067816

Release Date:July 2019

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"

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