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Postal Plots in British Fiction, 1840-1898
Laura Rotunno
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Description for Postal Plots in British Fiction, 1840-1898
Paperback. By 1840, the epistolary novel was dead. Letters in Victorian fiction, however, were unmistakably alive. Postal Plots explores how Victorian postal reforms unleashed a new and sometimes unruly population into the Victorian literary marketplace where they threatened the definition and development of the Victorian literary professional. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
By 1840, the epistolary novel was dead. Letters in Victorian fiction, however, were unmistakably alive. Postal Plots explores how Victorian postal reforms unleashed a new and sometimes unruly population into the Victorian literary marketplace where they threatened the definition and development of the Victorian literary professional.
By 1840, the epistolary novel was dead. Letters in Victorian fiction, however, were unmistakably alive. Postal Plots explores how Victorian postal reforms unleashed a new and sometimes unruly population into the Victorian literary marketplace where they threatened the definition and development of the Victorian literary professional.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349458806
SKU
V9781349458806
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Ref
99-15
About Laura Rotunno
Laura Rotunno is Associate Professor of English at Penn State Altoona, USA, where she is also the Honors Program Coordinator. She has published in Victorian Literature and Culture and Victorian Periodicals Review. Her research interests include professionalization and education as it developed throughout the Victorian period.
Reviews for Postal Plots in British Fiction, 1840-1898
''Postal Plots sheds light on the significance of letters in Victorian fiction by firmly rooting them in social contexts and offering a range of stimulating close readings.'' - The Review of English Studies