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Postal Plots in British Fiction, 1840-1898: Readdressing Correspondence in Victorian Culture (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)
Laura Rotunno
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Hardcover. 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: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137323798
SKU
V9781137323798
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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: Readdressing Correspondence in Victorian Culture (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)
''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