Title
The Victorian novel dreams of the real [electronic resource] : conventions and ideology / Audrey Jaffe.
ISBN
9780190269951 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 184 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190269937 doi
Call Number
PR878.R4 J34 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
823.80912
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.
Note
'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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Realist territory: invitation and prohibition in Adam Bede
How I met your mother and other lucky accidents: Oliver Twist and the Victorian family romance ; The mayor of Casterbridge and the failure of convention
Castles in the air: Trollope's realist fantasy
"Outside the gates of everything": Hardy's exclusionary realism
Armadale: sensation fiction dreams of the real
Conclusion: critical desire and the Victorian real.
