TY  - BOOK
AU  - David,Deirdre,ed
TI  - The Cambridge companion to the Victorian novel 
T2  - Cambridge Companions to Literature
SN  - 9780521182157 
U1  - 823.809 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge 
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English fiction
KW  - Literary criticism
N2  - "In the Victorian period, the British novel reached a wide readership and played a major role in the shaping of national and individual identity. As we come to understand the ways the novel contributed to public opinion on religion, gender, sexuality and race, we continue to be entertained and enlightened by the works of Dickens, George Eliot, Thackeray, Trollope and many others. This second edition of the Companion to the Victorian Novel and its contexts has been updated fully, taking account of new research and critical methodologies. There are four new chapters and the others have been thoroughly updated, as has the guide to further reading. Designed to appeal to students, teachers and readers, these essays reflect the latest approaches to reading and understanding Victorian fiction"--
ER  -