Teaching Nineteenth-Century Fiction - Teaching the New English

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Avail. in cloth. Biographical Note: ANDREW MAUNDER is Principal Lecturer in English at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. His research interests include Victorian and Edwardian fiction, the periodical press and reception histories and he has published artciles in a range of journals including "Etudes Anglaises," "Trollopiana," and the "Victorian Periodicals' Review." He has contributed essays to the "New Dictionary of National Biography "and to "British Women Writers "(Greenwood Press, 2000) and is general editor of the series "Varieties of Women's Sensation Fiction "(2004). He is also one of the editors of the jorunal "Critical Survey.""" JENNIFER PHEGLEY is associate professor of English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. She is the author of "Educating the Proper Woman Reader: Victorian Family Literary Magazines and the Cultural Health of the Nation" (2004) and co-editor of "Reading Women: Literary Figures and Cultural Icons from the Victorian Age to the Present" (2005). She is writing a book on Victorian courtship and marriage and working on a collection of essays on transatlantic sensationalism. Table of Contents: Series Preface * Notes on Contributors * Introduction; "A. Maunder" &" J. Phegley * "The Canon: Mapping Writers and Their Works; "J. M. Allan * "'Theory' and the Novel; "J. Wolfreys * "Empire; "P. Brantlinger * "Interdisciplinarity and Cultural Contexts; "T. Mangum * "Women's Writing; "T. Schaffer * "Teaching Genre: The Sensation Novel; "J. Phegley * "The Short Story: Ghosts and Spectres; "R. Robbins * "Fiction and the Visual Arts; "R. Pearson * "Serial Reading; "L. K. Hughes & M. Lund * "Film Adaptation: The Case of Wuthering Heights; "T. R. Wright" * Rehabilitating the Nineteenth Century: The Revisionist Novel; "G. Moore * "Transatlanticism; "S. Alhlberg * "Primary Sources and the MA Student; "J. Billington * "Technology and the World Wide Web; "P. Joshi"* Further Reading * BibliographyPublisher Marketing: This collection examines what is taught in 19th-century fiction courses in the light of the ever-changing canon. It indicates how critical approaches can be taught effectively through 19th-century fiction and discusses the relationship between the literary text and the literary, cultural and historical contexts surrounding it.

Contributor Bio:  Maunder, Andrew Nahem Yousaf is Head of Literature, and Andrew Maunder is Lecturer in English, both at the University of Hertfordshire. Contributor Bio:  Phegley, Jennifer Jennifer Phegley is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.