Changing the Victorian Subject

Authors

Maggie Tonkin, University of Adelaide
Mandy Treagus, University of Adelaide
Madeleine Seys, University of Adelaide
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

90758

Publication Details

Tonkin, M., Treagus, M., Seys, M. and Crozier-De Rosa, S. (Eds.). (2014). Changing the Victorian Subject. South Australia: University of Adelaide.

Link to publisher version (URL)

Changing the Victorian Subject – University of Adelaide Press

Additional Publication Information

ISBN: 9781922064738

Abstract

The essays in this collection examine how both colonial and British authors engage with Victorian subjects and subjectivities in their work. Some essays explore the emergence of a key trope within colonial texts: the negotiation of Victorian and settler-subject positions. Others argue for new readings of key metropolitan texts and their repositioning within literary history. These essays work to recognise the plurality of the rubric of the 'Victorian' and to expand how the category of Victorian studies can be understood.