Forms of Speech in Victorian Fiction by Raymond Chapman

Forms of Speech in Victorian Fiction by Raymond Chapman

Forms of Speech in Victorian Fiction examines how Victorian writers used dialogue in the presentation of characters and the relationships between them, and its contribution to the work as a whole. Quoting over a hundred novels of the period, including all the major authors, many fascinating topics are discussed. The book also looks at the conventions which governed the writing and circulation of fiction, imposing certain restraints on the novelists. It also relates the dialogue used in Victorian fiction to evidence from other sources about the actual speech of the period. This book will be of great value to those studying the social history of the period, as well as literature, and will appeal to the general reader interested in Victorian fiction.

Chapman, Raymond: - Raymond was the author of many widely-used books of prayer and devotion including Leading Intercessions, Hear Our Prayer, and A Pastoral Prayer Book. He was a Vice-Chairman of the Prayer Book Society, Emeritus Professor of English Literature in the University of London, and a greatly loved priest in the diocese of Southwark. He died in 2013.

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ISBN 13	9780582087453
ISBN 10	0582087457
Title	Forms of Speech in Victorian Fiction
Author	Raymond Chapman
Series	Studies In Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century Literature Series
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1994-05-31
Number of pages	280
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