The working classes in Victorian fiction, [by] P.J. Keating
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The working classes in Victorian fiction, [by] P.J. Keating
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eng
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Bibliography: p. [291]-301
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The working classes in Victorian fiction
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169977
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[by] P.J. Keating
Summary
Examines the presentation of the urban and industrial working classes in Victorian fiction. Considers the different types of working men and women who appear in fiction, the environments they are shown to inhabit and the use of phonetics to indicate the sound of working class voices
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The two traditions, 1820-80 -- New lines and continuing traditions -- George Gissing -- Walter Besant and the "discovery" of the East End -- French naturalism and English working-class fiction -- Rudyard Kipling and Cockney archetypes -- Arthur Morrison and the tone of violence -- The Cockney School -- Industrialism, urbanism and class conflict -- The phonetic representation of Cockney
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