Victorian literature's fascination with the past, its examination
of social injustice, and its struggle to deal with the dichotomy
between scientific discoveries and religious faith continue to
fascinate scholars and contemporary readers. During the past
hundred years, traditional formalist and humanist criticism has
been augmented by new critical approaches, including feminism and
gender studies, psychological criticism, cultural studies, and
others. In Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Victorian
Literature, twelve scholars offer new assessments of Victorian
poetry, novels, and nonfiction. Their essays examine several major
authors and works, and introduce discussions of many others that
have received less scholarly attention in the past. General reviews
of the current status of Victorian literature in the academic world
are followed by essays on such writers as Charles Dickens, Alfred
Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, and the Bronte sisters. These are balanced
by essays that focus on writing by women, the development of the
social problem novel, and the continuity of Victorian writers with
their Romantic forebears. Most importantly, the contributors to
this volume approach Victorian literature from a decidedly
contemporary scholarly angle and write for a wide audience of
specialists and non-specialists alike. Their essays offer readers
an idea of how critical commentary in recent years has
influenced-and in some cases changed radically-our understanding of
and approach to literary study in general and the Victorian period
in particular. Hence, scholars, teachers, and students will find
the volume a useful survey of contemporary commentary not just on
Victorian literature, but also on the period as a whole.
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