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French Novels and the Victorians

Af: Juliette Atkinson Engelsk Hardback

French Novels and the Victorians

Af: Juliette Atkinson Engelsk Hardback
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In 1836, John Wilson Croker, having immersed himself in dozens of contemporary French novels, warned his readers that ''she who dares to read a single page of the hundred thousand licentious pages with which the last five years have indundated society, is lost for ever.'' It has become common to build an opposition between the attitudes towards fiction held in prudish Victorian England and permissive 19th-century France. The lack of a full-length study of 19th-century Anglo-French literary relations means, however, that the rejection of French novels has been greatly exaggerated. French Novels and the Victorians sheds new light on these relations by exploring the enormous impact of French fiction on the Victorian reading public. The book considers the many different ties built between the two countries in the publishing industry, identifying how French novels could be accessed and by whom, as well as who promoted and who resisted the importation of Continental works in England and why. The book reflects on what ''immorality'' meant to both critics and the readers they sought to warn, and how the notion was subjected to scrutiny through censorship debates as well as the fictional representations of readers. It also tackles the contemporary preoccupation with literary influence, and explores how the extensive circulation of French fiction in England affected the concept of a ''national'' literature. In addition to highlighting the cultural importance of novelists such as Sand, Balzac, and Dumas, this book uncovers the networks and mediums that enabled French novels to cross the Channel, and looks at how the concept of ''the French novel'' was elaborated, interpreted, and challenged.
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In 1836, John Wilson Croker, having immersed himself in dozens of contemporary French novels, warned his readers that ''she who dares to read a single page of the hundred thousand licentious pages with which the last five years have indundated society, is lost for ever.'' It has become common to build an opposition between the attitudes towards fiction held in prudish Victorian England and permissive 19th-century France. The lack of a full-length study of 19th-century Anglo-French literary relations means, however, that the rejection of French novels has been greatly exaggerated. French Novels and the Victorians sheds new light on these relations by exploring the enormous impact of French fiction on the Victorian reading public. The book considers the many different ties built between the two countries in the publishing industry, identifying how French novels could be accessed and by whom, as well as who promoted and who resisted the importation of Continental works in England and why. The book reflects on what ''immorality'' meant to both critics and the readers they sought to warn, and how the notion was subjected to scrutiny through censorship debates as well as the fictional representations of readers. It also tackles the contemporary preoccupation with literary influence, and explores how the extensive circulation of French fiction in England affected the concept of a ''national'' literature. In addition to highlighting the cultural importance of novelists such as Sand, Balzac, and Dumas, this book uncovers the networks and mediums that enabled French novels to cross the Channel, and looks at how the concept of ''the French novel'' was elaborated, interpreted, and challenged.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 350
ISBN-13: 9780197266090
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0197266096
Udg. Dato: 27 jul 2017
Længde: 34mm
Bredde: 242mm
Højde: 190mm
Forlag: Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato: 27 jul 2017
Forfatter(e): Juliette Atkinson
Forfatter(e) Juliette Atkinson


Kategori Litteraturstudier: fra 1800 til 1900


ISBN-13 9780197266090


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 350


Udgave


Længde 34mm


Bredde 242mm


Højde 190mm


Udg. Dato 27 jul 2017


Oplagsdato 27 jul 2017


Forlag Oxford University Press

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