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Postal Plots in British Fiction, 1840-1898: Readdressing Correspondence in Victorian Culture 2013th Edition
Author(s): L. Rotunno (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 12 July 2013
- Edition: 2013th
- Language: English
- Print length: 217 pages
- ISBN-10: 1137323795
- ISBN-13: 9781137323798
Book Description
By 1840, the epistolary novel was dead. Letters in Victorian fiction, however, were unmistakably alive. Postal Plots explores how Victorian postal reforms unleashed a new and sometimes unruly population into the Victorian literary marketplace where they threatened the definition and development of the Victorian literary professional.
Editorial Reviews
Review
”Postal Plots sheds light on the significance of letters in Victorian fiction by firmly rooting them in social contexts and offering a range of stimulating close readings.” – The Review of English Studies
About the Author
Laura Rotunno is Associate Professor of English at Penn State Altoona, USA, where she is also the Honors Program Coordinator. She has published in Victorian Literature and Culture and Victorian Periodicals Review. Her research interests include professionalization and education as it developed throughout the Victorian period.
