ISBN: 9780198204299

Though for well over a century the novels of R.S. Surtees have maintained a steady readership, his books have been comparatively neglected in the literary and social studies of his period… More...

Though for well over a century the novels of R.S. Surtees have maintained a steady readership, his books have been comparatively neglected in the literary and social studies of his period. Norman Gash''s stimulating book is both a contribution to Surtees studies and to Victorian social history.It has often been observed that Surtees'' fiction furnishes a wealth of material for social historians, and Professor Gash sets out to exploit the opportunities it offers. He places Surtees'' novels in their historical context, and uses the novels and other writings to enlarge the historicalevidence.Through the views of an unorthodox and sceptical early Victorian novelist, Norman Gash examines a familiar landscape from an unfamiliar angle, illuminating the conservative world of the countryside, small provincial towns, and the seedier side of London. This is a scholarly and entertaining studyby an eminent historian of the nineteenth century. Books > History > European History > United Kingdom History List_Books, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

ISBN: 9780198204299

Though for well over a century the novels of R.S. Surtees have maintained a steady readership, his books have been comparatively neglected in the literary and social studies of his period… More...

Though for well over a century the novels of R.S. Surtees have maintained a steady readership, his books have been comparatively neglected in the literary and social studies of his period. Norman Gash''s stimulating book is both a contribution to Surtees studies and to Victorian social history.It has often been observed that Surtees'' fiction furnishes a wealth of material for social historians, and Professor Gash sets out to exploit the opportunities it offers. He places Surtees'' novels in their historical context, and uses the novels and other writings to enlarge the historicalevidence.Through the views of an unorthodox and sceptical early Victorian novelist, Norman Gash examines a familiar landscape from an unfamiliar angle, illuminating the conservative world of the countryside, small provincial towns, and the seedier side of London. This is a scholarly and entertaining studyby an eminent historian of the nineteenth century. Books List_Books, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

ISBN: 9780198204299

A contribution both to Surtees studies and to Victorian social history, this is the first study to put Surtees' opinions and sentiments in an historical rather than a literary context. It… More...

A contribution both to Surtees studies and to Victorian social history, this is the first study to put Surtees' opinions and sentiments in an historical rather than a literary context. It uses historical evidence to provide a background for Surtees' novels, and uses his writings to enlarge the purely historical evidence. While the traditional concentration of social historians has been on urban life, industrialization, and social reform, Surtees' more conservative world of the countryside, small provincial towns, and the seedier side of London would have been familiar to the majority of his countrymen. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Literature>Lit Studies>Lit History & Ref, Oxford University Press, USA Core >2 >T<

ISBN: 9780198204299

A contribution both to Surtees studies and to Victorian social history, this is the first study to put Surtees' opinions and sentiments in an historical rather than a literary context. It… More...

A contribution both to Surtees studies and to Victorian social history, this is the first study to put Surtees' opinions and sentiments in an historical rather than a literary context. It uses historical evidence to provide a background for Surtees' novels, and uses his writings to enlarge the purely historical evidence. While the traditional concentration of social historians has been on urban life, industrialization, and social reform, Surtees' more conservative world of the countryside, small provincial towns, and the seedier side of London would have been familiar to the majority of his countrymen. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Literature>Lit Studies>Lit History & Ref, Oxford University Press Core >2 >T<

1993, ISBN: 9780198204299

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Clarendon Press], Clarendon Press, 1993