Victorian Renovations of the Novel: Narrative Annexes and the Boundaries of Representation

by Suzanne Keene and Suzanne Keen

Book Overview

This study of narrative technique in Victorian novels introduces the concept of narrative annexes whereby unexpected characters, impermissible subjects and plot-changing events enter fictional worlds that otherwise exclude them, challenging Victorian cultural and literary norms. Original readings of novels by Charlotte Bront?, Dickens, Disraeli, Hardy, Kingsley, Trollope and Wells show these writers negotiating the boundaries of representation to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521021472
• ISBN13: 9780521021470
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"