The Routledge Concise History of Nineteenth-Century LiteratureAuthor(s): Josephine Guy, Ian Small\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415487115, 978-0415487115\nSynopsis\nNineteenth-century Britain saw the rise of secularism, the development of a modern capitalist economy, multi-party democracy, and an explosive growth in technological, scientific and medical knowledge. It also witnessed the emergence of a mass literary culture which changed permanently the relationships between writers, readers and publishers.\n\nFocusing on the work of British and Irish authors, The Routledge Concise History of Nineteenth-Century Literature:\n\nconsiders changes in literary forms, styles and genres, as well as in critical discourses\nexamines literary movements such as Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelitism, Aestheticism and Decadence\nconsiders the work of a wide range of canonical and non-canonical writers\ndiscusses the impact of gende.