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Why Victorian Literature Still Matters by Philip Davis (review)
- Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association
- Midwest Modern Language Association
- Volume 45, Number 1, Spring 2012
- pp. 116-119
- 10.1353/mml.2012.0004
- Review
- Additional Information
The sometimes impressionistic, but always fluid, elaboration of ideas and responses concerning the Victorians may very well frustrate some readers (especially those who prefer standard forms of academic discourse); but Davis’s style and modes of thematic/interpretive development re-enforce and exemplify his primary premise: namely, that individual response and expressiveness is at the core of what makes Victorian literature still relevant.