A volume of new essays on Victorian themes, genres and authors, aimed at students and lecturers.

Introduction Joanne Shattock; Part I. Modes of Writing and their Contexts: 1. Authors and authorship Josephine Guy; 2. Readers and readerships Mary Hammond; 3. Life writing Alison Booth; 4. The culture of criticism Joanne Shattock; 5. Women's voices and public debate Susan Hamilton; 6. Writing the past Hilary Fraser; 7. Radical writing Sally Ledger; 8. Popular culture Katherine Newey; Part II. Intersections and Incursions: 9. Science and its popularization Gowan Dawson; 10. Body and mind Jenny Bourne Taylor; 11. Writing and religion Andrew Sanders; 12. Visual culture John Plunkett; Part III. The Centre and the Periphery: 13. Empire and nationalism Patrick Brantlinger; 14. Transatlantic relations Bridget Bennett; 15. European exchanges Alison Chapman; Guide to further reading; Index.