Victorian literature

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An anthology of both familiar and previously unavailable primary texts that illuminate the world of nineteenth-century ideas. An expert team introduce and annotate a range of original social, cultural, political and historical documents necessary for contextualising key literary texts from the Victorian period.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction
• Timeline of Historical Events
• Timeline of Events in Literature and the Arts
• Historical Events
• Society, Politics and Class
• Gender and Sexuality
• Religion and Belief
• Philosophy and Ideas
• Arts and Aesthetics
• Popular Culture
• Literary Production and Reception
• Empire, Race and Postcolonialism
• Science and Technology
• Further Reading
• Index