The Victorian novel dreams of the real : conventions and ideology /
'The Victorian Novel Dreams of the Real' argues that Victorian novelistic realism is a product of the Victorians' overarching desire, both cultural and ideological, for the real. What the book calls 'realist fantasy' describes the way in which the conventions used to represe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'The Victorian Novel Dreams of the Real' argues that Victorian novelistic realism is a product of the Victorians' overarching desire, both cultural and ideological, for the real. What the book calls 'realist fantasy' describes the way in which the conventions used to represent characters' dreams, daydreams, and fantasies also shape the more general and generalized fantasy that constitutes each particular novel's imagining of the real. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190269944 0190269944 9780190269951 0190269952 9780190614119 0190614110 |