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Victorian Novelist
Social Problems and Change
Av Kate Flint
Inbunden, 2016
2896 kr
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First published in 1987. Many Victorian novels that considered social problems made extensive use of contemporary source material for their descriptions. This book aims to provide a greater acquaintance with this non-literary material — illustrating and exemplifying issues that the authors treated …
Victorian Novelist
Social Problems and Change
Av Kate Flint
Häftad, 2017
713 kr
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First published in 1987. Many Victorian novels that considered social problems made extensive use of contemporary source material for their descriptions. This book aims to provide a greater acquaintance with this non-literary material — illustrating and exemplifying issues that the authors treated …
Picturing
Description and Illusion in the Nineteenth Century Novel
Inbunden, 2016
2460 kr
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First published in 1979. Most of the great nineteenth century novelists strove to render in words the people and places that they invented and most readers of fiction picture in their imagination these characters and scenes. This book investigates both types of ‘picturing’, exploring the principles …
Picturing
Description and Illusion in the Nineteenth Century Novel
Häftad, 2017
747 kr
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First published in 1979. Most of the great nineteenth century novelists strove to render in words the people and places that they invented and most readers of fiction picture in their imagination these characters and scenes. This book investigates both types of ‘picturing’, exploring the principles …
Walter Scott and the Historical Imagination
Av David Brown
Inbunden, 2016
2896 kr
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First published in 1979. This study explores the main critical issues that arise out of a modern reading of Scott’s work, and treats the major novels in detail. It tackles the questions of Scott’s place in literary history and his problems in pioneering the historical novel. As well as examining …
Walter Scott and the Historical Imagination
Av David Brown
Häftad, 2017
713 kr
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First published in 1979. This study explores the main critical issues that arise out of a modern reading of Scott’s work, and treats the major novels in detail. It tackles the questions of Scott’s place in literary history and his problems in pioneering the historical novel. As well as examining …
Dickens and Popular Entertainment
Inbunden, 2016
2896 kr
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First published in 1985. Dickens was a vigorous champion of the right of all men and women to carefree amusements and dedicated himself to the creation of imaginative pleasure. This book represents the first extended study of this vital aspect of Dickens’ life and work, exploring how he channelled …
Dickens and Popular Entertainment
Häftad, 2017
797 kr
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First published in 1985. Dickens was a vigorous champion of the right of all men and women to carefree amusements and dedicated himself to the creation of imaginative pleasure. This book represents the first extended study of this vital aspect of Dickens’ life and work, exploring how he channelled …
Paradox of Gissing
Av David Grylls
Inbunden, 2016
2896 kr
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First published 1986. In this book the author refutes the notion that Gissing’s weaknesses as a novelist are associated with defects in his personality and argues that the power of his writing stemmed from his divided character. Gissing’s permanently divided emotions on poverty, reformism, women …
Paradox of Gissing
Av David Grylls
Häftad, 2017
713 kr
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First published 1986. In this book the author refutes the notion that Gissing’s weaknesses as a novelist are associated with defects in his personality and argues that the power of his writing stemmed from his divided character. Gissing’s permanently divided emotions on poverty, reformism, women …
Working-Classes in Victorian Fiction
Inbunden, 2016
3535 kr
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First published in 1971. The book examines the presentation of the urban and industrial working classes in Victorian fiction. It considers the different types of working men and women who appear in fiction, the environments they are shown to inhabit, and the use of phonetics to indicate the sound …
Working-Classes in Victorian Fiction
Häftad, 2017
713 kr
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First published in 1971. The book examines the presentation of the urban and industrial working classes in Victorian fiction. It considers the different types of working men and women who appear in fiction, the environments they are shown to inhabit, and the use of phonetics to indicate the sound …
Evolution, Sacrifice, and Narrative
Balzac, Zola, and Faulkner
Inbunden, 2016
2896 kr
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First published in 1990. Balzac, Zola and Faulkner all drew upon the principles of evolutionary theory to represent man’s place in nature and his struggle for survival in their major series La Comèdie humaine, Rougon-Macquart and the Yoknapatawpha fiction. This book focuses on the ‘first’ novels in …
Evolution, Sacrifice, and Narrative
Balzac, Zola, and Faulkner
Häftad, 2017
713 kr
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First published in 1990. Balzac, Zola and Faulkner all drew upon the principles of evolutionary theory to represent man’s place in nature and his struggle for survival in their major series La Comèdie humaine, Rougon-Macquart and the Yoknapatawpha fiction. This book focuses on the ‘first’ novels in …
Elizabeth Gaskell
Av Angus Easson
Inbunden, 2016
2896 kr
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First published in 1979, this book looks at every aspect of the life and work of Elizabeth Gaskell, including her lesser known novels and writings — especially those concerning life in the industrial north of Victorian England. It shows how her work springs from a culture and society which pervades …
Elizabeth Gaskell
Av Angus Easson
Häftad, 2017
713 kr
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First published in 1979, this book looks at every aspect of the life and work of Elizabeth Gaskell, including her lesser known novels and writings — especially those concerning life in the industrial north of Victorian England. It shows how her work springs from a culture and society which pervades …
Reflecting on Nana
Inbunden, 2016
2460 kr
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First published in 1991, this book radically challenged the view of Nana as the story of an old fashioned femme fatale and reinterprets her as a feminist heroine who manages to overturn patriarchy. The author shows how Nana confronts the traditional social order and offers an alternative version. …
Reflecting on Nana
Häftad, 2017
713 kr
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First published in 1991, this book radically challenged the view of Nana as the story of an old fashioned femme fatale and reinterprets her as a feminist heroine who manages to overturn patriarchy. The author shows how Nana confronts the traditional social order and offers an alternative version. …
Anthony Trollope
Inbunden, 2016
2896 kr
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Anthony Trollope is perhaps best known for the group of Barsetshire novels, a rich and enduring picture of society in a small cathedral town. He also wrote a number of Irish novels and a series about political society known as the ‘Palliser novels’.First published in 1978, this introduction to …
Anthony Trollope
Häftad, 2017
713 kr
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Anthony Trollope is perhaps best known for the group of Barsetshire novels, a rich and enduring picture of society in a small cathedral town. He also wrote a number of Irish novels and a series about political society known as the ‘Palliser novels’.First published in 1978, this introduction to …
George Eliot and Schiller
Intertextuality and cross-cultural discourse
Av Deborah Guth
Inbunden, 2016
2460 kr
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Though Friedrich Schiller enjoyed prominent literary standing and great popularity in nineteenth century literary England, his influence has been largely neglected in recent scholarship on the period.First published in 2003, this book explores the substantial evidence of the importance of the …
George Eliot and Schiller
Intertextuality and cross-cultural discourse
Av Deborah Guth
Häftad, 2017
277 kr
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Though Friedrich Schiller enjoyed prominent literary standing and great popularity in nineteenth century literary England, his influence has been largely neglected in recent scholarship on the period.First published in 2003, this book explores the substantial evidence of the importance of the …
Early and Mid-Victorian Novel
Inbunden, 2016
2460 kr
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The Victorian period was the age of the novel and critics at the time clearly saw the importance of prose fiction. First published in 1993, this anthology contains over fifty original extracts from contemporary critics on the early and mid-Victorian novel. Arranged thematically, the volume covers …
Early and Mid-Victorian Novel
Häftad, 2017
713 kr
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The Victorian period was the age of the novel and critics at the time clearly saw the importance of prose fiction. First published in 1993, this anthology contains over fifty original extracts from contemporary critics on the early and mid-Victorian novel. Arranged thematically, the volume covers …
Religious Feeling and Religious Commitment in Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos
Av Jeremy Smith
Inbunden, 2016
1754 kr
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First published in 1988, the aim of this study is to define the role of religious meaning in the modern novel and to demonstrate that the novel can successfully express a religious feeling, but not a religious commitment. Through the analysis of four novels by Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and …
Religious Feeling and Religious Commitment in Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and Bernanos
Av Jeremy Smith
Häftad, 2017
495 kr
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First published in 1988, the aim of this study is to define the role of religious meaning in the modern novel and to demonstrate that the novel can successfully express a religious feeling, but not a religious commitment. Through the analysis of four novels by Faulkner, Dostoyevsky, Werfel and …
Terrorism in the Late Victorian Novel
Inbunden, 2016
1754 kr
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First published in 1985, this book looks at the ways in which the spate of terrorist activity in the 1880s was reflected in the novels of the time. Oscar Wilde, George Gissing, Henry James and George Bernard Shaw among others gave the terrorist venture a position in one or more of their novels. …
Terrorism in the Late Victorian Novel
Häftad, 2017
495 kr
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First published in 1985, this book looks at the ways in which the spate of terrorist activity in the 1880s was reflected in the novels of the time. Oscar Wilde, George Gissing, Henry James and George Bernard Shaw among others gave the terrorist venture a position in one or more of their novels. …
Balzac and Music
Its Place and Meaning in His Life and Work
Inbunden, 2016
1754 kr
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First published in 1990, this book was the first comprehensive study of Balzac’s relationship to music, blending past scholarship with new perspectives to formulate an inclusive account. It begins by examining the contacts and experiences that shaped the musical side of Balzac’s life. These left …
Balzac and Music
Its Place and Meaning in His Life and Work
Häftad, 2017
545 kr
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First published in 1990, this book was the first comprehensive study of Balzac’s relationship to music, blending past scholarship with new perspectives to formulate an inclusive account. It begins by examining the contacts and experiences that shaped the musical side of Balzac’s life. These left …
