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'An imaginatively illustrated fantasy with a dreamlike feel

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Victorian Fantasy: Imagination and Belief in Nineteenth-Century England (Enhanced)(Studies in Literature & Culture #1) by Stephen Prickett Mad scientist to the lingering bluebirds ofVictorian fantasy is an art form that flourished in opposition to the repressive social and intellectual conditions of 'Victorianism'. The author explores the ways in which Victorian writers used non realistic techniques nonsense, dreams, visions, and the creation of other worlds to extend our understanding of this world, and the creation of this world. This work focuses on six key writers: Lear, Carroll, Kingsley, MacDonald, Kipling, and Nesbit.