: The book doesn't just stick to the "golden age" of the novel; it provides detailed readings of poetry (Tennyson, the Brownings, Arnold), drama (Wilde), autobiography, and critical prose.
– Focuses on the rise of the industrial economy and how writers like Carlyle wrestled with "the unexampled times" and new social responsibilities. A History of Victorian Literature (Blackwell Hi...
Adams organizes the era into three distinct chronological blocks to capture the shifting cultural "milieu": : The book doesn't just stick to the