Mar. 28th, 2011

akashiver: (People who read too much!)

Joe DeLyria and Sean Robinson have done a tongue-in-cheek analysis of that great Victorian novel, "The Wire."

The Wire’s treatment of the class system is far more nuanced than that of Dickens.  Who could forget “Bubbles”—the lovable drifter, Stringer Bell—the bourgeois merchant with pretentions to aristocracy, or Bodie—who, despite lack of education or Victorian “good breeding”, is seen reading and enjoying the likes of Jane Austen? 

The best thing about this essay, though is the "page scans:"
 


If only this had come out in time for my "Victorian urban mysteries / urban fantasy" paper at ICFA...
 


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