TY - BOOK AU - Boehm-Schnitker,Nadine AU - Gruss,Susanne TI - Neo-Victorian literature and culture: immersions and revisitations T2 - Routledge studies in nineteenth century literature SN - 9781315886107 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - English literature KW - 21st century KW - History and criticism KW - 20th century KW - 19th century KW - Influence KW - Values in literature KW - Culture in literature KW - History in literature KW - Literature and society KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Victoria, 1837-1901 KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Commodifying the past : canonisation, consumption, pleasure -- Resurrecting cultural icons : spectral returns -- Traces, traumas and retrospective anxieties -- Refashioning (Neo-)Victorian discourses; Also available in print edition N2 - The Neo-Victorian in Contemporary Culture provides a comprehensive reflection of the processes of canonization, (un)pleasurable consumption and the emerging predominance of topics and theoretical concerns in neo-Victorianism. The repetitions and reiterations of the Victorian in contemporary culture document an unbroken fascination with the histories, technologies and achievements, as well as the injustices and atrocities, of the nineteenth century. They also reveal that, in many ways, contemporary identities are constructed through a Victorian mirror image fabricated by the desires, imaginings and critical interests of the present. Providing analyses of current negotiations of nineteenth-century texts, discourses and traumas, this volume explores the contemporary commodification and nostalgic recreation of the past. It brings together critical perspectives of experts in the fields of Victorian literature and culture, contemporary literature, and neo-Victorianism, with contributions by leading scholars in the field including Rosario Arias, Cora Kaplan, Elizabeth Ho, Marie-Luise Kohlke and Sally Shuttleworth. The Neo-Victorian in Contemporary Culture interrogates current fashions in neo-Victorianism and their ideological leanings, the resurrection of cultural icons, and the reasons behind our relationship with and immersion in Victorian culture-- UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9781315886107 ER -