1. Narrative annexes: altered spaces, altered modes; 2. Victorian critics, narrative annexes, and prescriptions for the novel; 3. Norms and narrow spaces: the gendering of limits on representation; 4. Narrative annexes, social mobility and class anxiety; 5. Older, deeper, further: narrative annexes and the extent of the condition of England; 6. Victorian annexes and modern form; Notes; Bibliography.
Original study of narrative technique in Victorian fiction from Charlotte Brontë to H. G. Wells.
"...Keen's book...exemplifies a form of contemporary criticism that is...especially praiseworthy. Victorian Renovatons of the Novel is thoroughly informed...keen's theoretical interests lead her not to ignore or deny but to confront the actual reading experience of the actual novel-reader...Victorian Renovations of the Novel is a gracefully written, astute, and frequently enlightening book." Brian Rosenberg, Dickens Quarterly "Suzanne Keen's Victorian Renovations of the Novel: Narrative Annexes and the Boundaries of Representation is an ambitious work that may be expected to exert an influence well beyond Victorian studies...Her depiction of the radical historical heterogeneity of the novels...is profoundly literary and productive...This is a densely packed, suggestive, and wonderfully written study." Linda Dowling, Studies in English Literature "Keen's style is lucid and her prose is a pleasure to read. The readings of specific novels are attentive and sensitive..." Journal of English and Germanic Philology
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