This book provides a comprehensive reflection of the processes
of canonization, (un)pleasurable consumption and the emerging
predominance of topics and theoretical concerns in
neo-Victorianism. The repetitions and reiterations of the Victorian
in contemporary culture document an unbroken fascination with the
histories, technologies and achievements, as well as the injustices
and atrocities, of the nineteenth century. They also reveal that,
in many ways, contemporary identities are constructed through a
Victorian mirror image fabricated by the desires, imaginings and
critical interests of the present.
Providing analyses of current negotiations of nineteenth-century
texts, discourses and traumas, this volume explores the
contemporary commodification and nostalgic recreation of the past.
It brings together critical perspectives of experts in the fields
of Victorian literature and culture, contemporary literature, and
neo-Victorianism, with contributions by leading scholars in the
field including Rosario Arias, Cora Kaplan, Elizabeth Ho,
Marie-Luise Kohlke and Sally Shuttleworth. Neo-Victorian Literature
and Culture interrogates current fashions in neo-Victorianism and
their ideological leanings, the resurrection of cultural icons, and
the reasons behind our relationship with and immersion in Victorian
culture.
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