Christine DeVine
Ashgate
Hardback
170
2005
Examining the nineteenth-century English novel through the lens of social class allows the twenty-first century critic and student not only to understand the issues at stake in much Victorian fiction but also to recognize powerful present-day vestiges of this social class system. Writers such as Gissing James Hardy and Wells question middle-class Victorian views of class. The book contextualizes novels by these writers within their historical moment with reference to relevant maps journalism artwork or photography and specific historical events.
Ashgate
Hardback
170
2005
Examining the nineteenth-century English novel through the lens of social class allows the twenty-first century critic and student not only to understand the issues at stake in much Victorian fiction but also to recognize powerful present-day vestiges of this social class system. Writers such as Gissing James Hardy and Wells question middle-class Victorian views of class. The book contextualizes novels by these writers within their historical moment with reference to relevant maps journalism artwork or photography and specific historical events.