<strong>Why Victorian Literature Still Matters</strong> is a passionate defense of Victorianliteratures enduring impact and importance for readers interested in... » 

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of Victorianliteratures enduring impact and importance for readers interested in therelationship between literature and life reading and thinking. Explores theprominence of Victorian literature for contemporary readers and academicsthrough the authors unique insight into why it is still important todayProvides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works of literature andclose readings of important texts Argues for a new engagement with Victorianliterature from general readers and scholars alike Seeks to remove Victorianliterature from an entrenched set of values traditions and perspectives demonstrating how vital and resonant it is for modern literary and culturalanalysis «