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Far from being just children's literature, Victorian fantasy is an art form that flourished in opposition to the repressive social and intellectual conditions of "Victorianism." In this fully revised and expanded edition, Stephen Prickett explores the way in which Victorian writers used nonrealistic techniques - nonsense, dreams, visions, and the creation of other worlds - to extend our understanding of this world. In particular, Prickett focuses on six writers (Lear, Carroll, Kingsley, MacDonald, Kipling, and Nesbit), tracing the development of their art form, their influence on each other, and how these writers used fantasy to question the ideology of Victorian culture and society.
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"This book remains the most authoritative study of the literary counterculture of Victorian literature." -- RODERICK McGILLIS, University of Calgary
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Stephen Prickett (Ph.D. Cambridge) is the Director of Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University and is the author or editor of eleven volumes, including Narrative, Religion, and Science; The Bible and Literature; Origins of Narrative; and Words and the Word.
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- PublisherBranch Line
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0710800355
- ISBN 13 9780710800350
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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