Project Gutenberg 2012-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 140 Shorter, Clement King 1857 1926 Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen Distributed Proofreaders "Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen" by Clement King Shorter is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work provides insights and reflections on various literary figures, movements, and significant works from the Victorian era, encapsulating the literature and cultural context of that time. It explores the evolution of literary tastes and critical opinion across generations, drawing connections between past authors and their enduring impacts on society. The opening of the book introduces the author’s ambition to provide a bibliographical perspective on Victorian literature within the context of Queen Victoria's reign. Shorter discusses the fluctuating status of poets and novelists, emphasizing how certain works and authors have faded from public memory while others have endured. He reflects on the critical reception of poets like Wordsworth and Tennyson and highlights the varying fortunes of novelists such as Dickens and Thackeray. The chapter sets the stage for a broader exploration of literature and its relationship with social and historical changes, showcasing the dynamic nature of literary appreciation over time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39851/39851-h/images/cover.jpg en English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 505675 505684 2024-09-16T16:37:59.794877 2023-09-17T10:53:29.031538 text/html text/html 476233 2012-05-29T05:55:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 238513 2012-05-29T05:55:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 256279 2024-09-16T16:38:09.174815 application/epub+zip 259351 2024-09-16T16:38:01.643830 application/epub+zip 245564 2024-09-16T16:38:00.432892 application/epub+zip 428330 2024-09-16T16:38:14.513821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375198 2024-09-16T16:38:08.470869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361576 2022-09-18T09:01:44.901798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393711 393704 2024-09-16T16:37:58.293856 2023-09-17T10:53:27.439571 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 393278 2012-05-29T05:55:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 148289 2012-05-29T05:55:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 393312 2012-05-29T05:55:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 148171 2012-05-29T05:55:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19971 2024-09-16T16:38:14.664775 application/rdf+xml 14451 2024-09-16T16:38:01.075827 image/jpeg 1957 2024-09-16T16:38:00.994879 image/jpeg 240236 2024-09-16T16:37:59.833854 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Clement King Shorter Papers