Victorian Nonfiction Prose

<p> The Victorian Era saw a revolution in communication technology. Millions of texts emerged from a complex network of writers, editors, publishers and reviewers, to shape and be shaped by the dynamics of a rapidly industrializing society. Many of these works offer fundamental, often surprising insights into Victorian society. Why, for example, did the innocuously titled <I>Essays and Reviews</I> (1860) trigger public outrage? How did Eliza Lynn Linton become the first salarie