Description
Book SynopsisThe third edition of the Victorian Era volume of
The Broadview Anthology of British Literature includes a number of changes and new additions, including the complete texts of
In Memoriam A.H.H., The Importance of Being Earnest, Carmilla, and
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as Contexts sections on 'Work and Poverty,' 'Women in Society,' 'Sexuality in the Victorian Era,' 'Nature and the Environment,' 'The New Woman,' and 'Britain, Empire, and a Wider World.' The third edition also offers expanded representation of writers of color, including Mary Prince, Mary Seacole, Toru Dutt, Mary Ann Shadd, and Rabindranath Tagore.
Trade ReviewCOMMENTS ON
THE BROADVIEW ANTHOLOGY OF BRITISH LITERATURE"sets a new standard by which all other anthologies of British Literature will now have to be measured." - Graham Hammill, SUNY Buffalo
"This is a very real intellectual, as well as pedagogical, achievement." - Nicholas Watson, Harvard University
"an excellent anthology. Good selections for my purposes (including some nice surprises), just the right level of annotation, affordable-and a hit with my students. I will definitely use it again." - Ira Nadel, University of British Columbia
COMMENTS ON VOLUME 5: THE VICTORIAN ERA
"Victorian print culture in all its diversity is on display in this handsomely illustrated anthology. Indeed, the number of fresh illustrations makes this volume stand out from its competitors. Undergraduate students will find their expectations about fusty Victorians overturned by a little-known photograph of a grinning Queen Victoria on the first page of the introduction. Instructors will find their teaching options widened by useful contextual material and by the supplementary website, which includes extra primary and secondary material. The anthology's selections amply represent canonical authors (often more fully than competing anthologies), but also include important works by women writers such as Grace Aguilar, Susanna Moodie, Mathilde Blind, Augusta Webster, Amy Levy, Charlotte Mew, and Vernon Lee. I am happy to recommend this volume to other instructors." - Mary Elizabeth Leighton, University of Victoria
