Postal Plots in British Fiction, 1840-1898
Readdressing Correspondence in Victorian Culture
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | L. Rotunno | ISBN: | 9781137323804 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | July 12, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | L. Rotunno |
| ISBN: | 9781137323804 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | July 12, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
