Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;
Volume Designation
49
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-248) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 ''The best man of all'': mythologies of the storyteller; Chapter 2 When good speech acts go bad: the voice of industrial fiction; Chapter 3 Speech on paper: Charles Dickens, Victorian phonography, and the reform of writing; Chapter 4 ''Done to death'': Dickens and the author's voice; Chapter 5 Unuttered: withheld speech in Jane Eyre and Villette; Chapter 6 ''Hell's masterpiece of print'': voice, face, and print in The Ring and the Book.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Ivan Kreilkamp shows that the nineteenth-century novel was deeply marked by and engaged with vocal performances and the preservation and representation of speech. This innovative study will change the way readers consider the Victorian novel and its many ways of telling stories.
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Title
Voice and the Victorian storyteller.
International Standard Book Number
0521851939
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.