Overview
Analyses the often overlooked theme of deviance in neo-Victorian culture
Examines a range of texts, including graphic novels and television series
Encourages readers to approach neo-Victorianism not just as a “literary” genre but rather as a wider cultural phenomenon, which is constantly in dialogue with the most cogent issues of the twenty-first century
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book argues that ‘deviance’ represents a central issue in neo-Victorian culture, and that the very concept of neo-Victorianism is based upon the idea of ‘diverging’ from accepted notions regarding the nineteenth-century frame of mind. However, the study of the ways in which the Victorian age has been revised by contemporary authors does not only entail analogies with the present but proves – by introducing what is perhaps a more pertinent description of the nineteenth century – that it was much more ‘deviant’ than it is usually depicted and perceived.
Deviance in Neo-Victorian Culture: Canon, Transgression, Innovation explores a wide variety of textual forms, from novels to TV series, from movies and graphic novels to visual art. The scholarly and educational purpose of this study is to stimulate readers to approach neo-Victorianism as a complex cultural phenomenon.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Saverio Tomaiuolo is Associate Professor of English at Cassino University, Italy. He has published In Lady Audley’s Shadow. Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Victorian Literary Genres (2010), Victorian Unfinished Novels. The Imperfect Page (2012) and a critical introduction to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (2014). His entry on “neo-Victorianism” is included in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Deviance in Neo-Victorian Culture
Book Subtitle: Canon, Transgression, Innovation
Authors: Saverio Tomaiuolo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96950-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96949-7Published: 12 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07278-0Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96950-3Published: 03 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 253
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Contemporary Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature