The Victorian Serial

by Linda K. Hughes, Michael Lund

Overview

Linda K. Hughes and Michael Lund provide a new approach to the study of installment literature by showing how it embodied a view of life intrinsic to Victorian culture. They examine how the serial format affected the ways Victorian audiences interpreted sixteen major works of poetry and fiction. Their findings show that Victorian interpretations were different from those of twentieth century single-volume readings.

Hughes and Lund conclude that in order to understand Victorian literature, we must understand serialization, since it was the vehicle for the best literature of the age. Further, they assert we must understand serialization as a literary form attuned to the fundamental spirit of the age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813929385
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	05/24/2015
Series:	Victorian Literature and Culture Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Linda K. Hughes is Associate Professor of English at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth. She is the author of The Manyfaced Glass: Tennyson's Dramatic Monologues. Michael Lund is Professor of English at Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, and is the author of Reading Thackeray.

Editorial Reviews

A surprisingly numble 500-plus-page mash note to Rome's glorious past and a sharp indictment of its present.

Zócalo

The authors show that understanding serialization and the special impact of a continuing story told over an extended period of time with enforced interruptions--is vital to understanding Victorian literature and the spirit of the age. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"A surprisingly numble 500-plus-page mash note to Rome's glorious past and a sharp indictment of its present. "—author of Zócalo

From the Publisher

A surprisingly numble 500-plus-page mash note to Rome's glorious past and a sharp indictment of its present.

Zócalo