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Criticism and Prejudice : The Issue of Canonicity and Neo-Victorian Works

Authors

VALOVÁ Jana

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source BRITISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES, A Journal of Romanian Society of English and American Studies
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web https://bas.journals.uvt.ro/bas-29/
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.35923/BAS.29.02
Keywords canonicity; historical novels; John Fowles; neo-Victorian literature; Peter Ackroyd
Description This paper asks the question whether historical and neo-Victorian works belong to the same genre or if they need to be approached separately. The focus then switches to the criticism of these works and the effect it has had on the discourse surrounding them. It uses excerpts from The Western Canon by Harold Bloom to introduce some of the characteristics of canonicity and to discuss whether these criteria are fair and attainable. To demonstrate the frequently biased attitude towards these books, The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles and Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem by Peter Ackroyd are discussed.
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