Victorian Literature and Culture

This guide to Victorian Literature and Culture provides students with the ideal introduction to literature and its context from 1837-1900, including: – the historical, cultural and intellectual background including politics and economics, popular culture, philosophy – major writers and genres including the Brontes, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Trollope, Thackeray, Conan Doyle, Ibsen, Shaw, Hopkins, Rossetti and Tennyson – concise explanations of key terms needed to understand the literature and criticism – key critical approaches – a chronology mapping historical events and literary works and further reading including websites and electronic resources.