Introduction

David Stewart, John Gardner

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Abstract

The Introduction to this book offers an overview of the literary culture of the 1830s. It explores existing literary-critical approaches to the decade’s culture, and considers why the decade has proved so resistant to absorption in literary genealogies. This is a consequence of the decade’s own uncertainty about and self-conscious analysis of its literary temporality. The Introduction proposes that the 1830s are uniquely placed to direct the future interests of contemporary literary studies.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNineteenth-Century Literature in Transition
Subtitle of host publicationThe 1830s
EditorsDavid Stewart, John Gardner
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages1-16
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781009268486
ISBN (Print)9781009268516
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jun 2024

Publication series

NameNineteenth-Century Literature in Transition
PublisherCambridge University Press

Keywords

  • 1830s
  • Romanticism--Great Britain
  • Victorianism
  • literary form
  • technology
  • global literature
  • Politics and literature

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