Victorian literature is literature, mainly written in english, during the reign of queen victoria. The era was preceded by the georgianperiod and followed by the edwardianperiod. This account of the hegemony of realism in the victorian novel has been interrogated by critics with varying theoretical and political preoccupations who have explored the nonrealist or antirealist aspects of canonical victorian novels. The cambridge companion to the victorian novel second edition in the victorian period, the british novel reached a wide readership and played a major role in the shaping of national and individual identity. Victorian literature is literature, mainly written in english, during the reign of queen victoria 18371901 the victorian era.
The first section includes an examination of the various genres out of which it emerged epic, history, romance, the picaresque and the different ways in which fiction and realism magical, hyper, and social were developed in response to specific political, social, and economic forces. The cambridge companion to the twentiethcentury english novel. Balancing close readings of particular novels with a comprehensive survey of. Mar 25, 20 in the victorian period, the british novel reached a wide readership and played a major role in the shaping of national and individual identity.
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