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The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 8: 1830-1880: The Victorians (Oxford English Literary History)
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by Philip Davis
Sales Rank: 670291
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 648 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA December 5, 2002
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0198184476
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0198184478
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
Weighs: 2.3 pounds
The Atlantic Monthly
"An imaginative, penetrating, often idiosyncratic history, written with brio. [A] book of breathtaking depth as well as breadth."
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"This is an imaginative, penetrating, often idiosyncratic history, written with brio. Davis has written a book of breathtaking depth as well as breadth."--The Atlantic Monthly
"[A] awesome work of literary engagement and partisanship. The development and mission of realism in the novel make up only one of the areas on which Davis sheds light, and he has marvelous chapters on nature, mind, religion, publishing, theater, and poetry. His prose possesses an insistent
spiritual vigor and is free of the ham-fisted parlance and empty cunning of 'lit-crit.'"--Katherine Powers, Boston Globe
"In Volume Eight of The Oxford English Literary History, Philip Davis has risen to the challenge [of containing the literary history of the Victorians within a single volume] with passionate energy. The result is a book that animates a bank of information with the force of personal commitment. It
will stand as a persuasive affirmation of why the Victorians are still worth reading."--Times Literary Supplement
"The Victoriansis a brilliant book. It would be a pity if contemporary scepticism about literary history meant that Philip Davis doesn't get the credit he deserves for dealing in such a masterly way with the vast quantity of material he tackles. Anyone with a serious interest in the period
will find it immensely rewarding."--Charlotte Mitchell, The Spectator
"The new Oxford English Literary History series [is] destined to become a standard academic source. Advanced undergraduates will join lifelong learners in praising these volumes as sources of renewed and renewable literary energy."--The Providence Journal
"The intelligent and discriminating overview presented by this early volume bodes well for the overall quality of the [Oxford English Literary History] series. Davis presents a neat survey of the key social, economic, and intellectual trends which shaped the Victorian period's literature. The volume
is especially noteworthy for the generous place granted to the voices of contemporary writers and thinkers."--Virginia Quarterly Review
"An absorbing and often very moving reflection of deep intellectual immersion in the nineteenth century. Davis's work will reward the reader with a view of Victorian literature that is richly textured, emotionally and morally engaged, and full of unshowy intellectual sophistication of a high
order. It is impossible to do justice to the richness of Davis's readings. Produced on high-quality paper, with full scholarly apparatus (including a useful sixty-page section of author biographies), this passionate and distinctive book will challenge general readers and scholars alike. The
finest compliment that can be paid to Philip Davis, however, is that the hero of his work is really English language as used by the Victorians."--Dickens Quarterly
"[A] remarkable scholarly achievement. The Victorians succeeds wonderfully. Its discussion of the development of realist techniques; its juxtaposition of Darwin and Ruskin as students of nature; its assessment of the peculiar resonance of evangelical and tractarian impulses: all speak of an
articulate mind working with confidence."--Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
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