THE VICTORIAN SERIAL by Linda K. Hughes, Michael Lund ( 9780813913148 )

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Title:

THE VICTORIAN SERIAL

By:

Linda K. Hughes, Michael Lund

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Hardback

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0813913144

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9780813913148

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS

Pub. date:

31 August, 1991

Series:

Victorian Literature and Culture Series

Pages:

370

Description:

Offers a new approach to the study of instalment literature by showing how it embodied a view of life intrinsic to Victorian culture, and suggesting that for the Victorians the publishing format became an essential factor in creating meaning.

Synopsis:

Linda K. Hughes and Michael Lund provide a new approach to the study of installment literature by showing how it embodied a view of life intrinsic to Victorian culture. They examine how the serial format affected the ways Victorian audiences interpreted sixteen major works of poetry and fiction. Their findings show that Victorian interpretations were different from those of twentieth century single-volume readings. Hughes and Lund conclude that in order to understand Victorian literature, we must understand serialization, since it was the vehicle for the best literature of the age. Further, they assert we must understand serialization as a literary form attuned to the fundamental spirit of the age.

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16 b&w illustrations

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University of Virginia Press

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