Adams, James Eli.

A history of Victorian literature [[Book] /] James Eli Adams. - Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - 463.P ; 24 cm. - Blackwell histories of literature .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-450) and index.

Introduction: locating Victorian literature -- "The times are unexampled": literature in the age of machinery, 1830-1850 -- Crystal palace and 'Bleak House': expansion and anomie, 1851-1873 -- The rise of mass culture and the specter of decline, 1873-1901.

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English literature--History and criticism.--19th century.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.

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