Victorian and Edwardian Studies – serie
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Richard Francis Burton
Victorian Explorer and Translator
Av Silvia Antosa, Francesco Marroni
Häftad, 2013
734 kr
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This volume offers a critical insight into the life and work of the controversial Victorian explorer and translator Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). Analysis focuses on his travel accounts and erotic translations, which both re-elaborated and challenged dominant Victorian discourses on race, …
Victorian Legacy in Political Thought
Av Catherine Marshall, Stéphane Guy
Häftad, 2014
1267 kr
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The Victorian era was one that teemed with multitudinous and sometimes opposing visions of polity yet rarely questioned the very existence of the State. What might be called the pragmatism of the elite gave rise to a form of democratic compromise, allowing the growth of political ideas that may …
Sensation and Professionalism in the Victorian Novel
Häftad, 2014
1369 kr
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This book explores the extent to which four sensation novelists responded to the Victorian theorizing of professionalism. A crucial period of redefinition of the professional ideal, the third quarter of the nineteenth century also witnessed the rise and the decline of the sensation novel, a …
Arthur Hugh Clough
The Poetry of a Questioning Spirit
Av Renzo D'Agnillo, Francesco Marroni
Häftad, 2017
1161 kr
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This study traces the poetic development of Arthur Hugh Clough through a methodological approach based on close readings of his most important works with separate chapters devoted to the three great poems of his maturity: The Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich, Amours de Voyage and Dipsychus. Attention is …
Mario Praz: Voice Centre Stage
Häftad, 2019
1017 kr
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Mario Praz: Voice Centre Stage is the first collection of essays in English on Italian writer Mario Praz (1896-1982), a central figure of twentieth-century culture and international literary relations. Praz’s formidable oeuvre spanned six decades and covered such topics as comparative literature, …
Arnold Bennett’s Fiction
From the Potteries to Literary Success
Av Francesca D'Alfonso, Francesco Marroni
Häftad, 2023
641 kr
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This monograph is focused on the fictional works of Arnold Bennett whose literary role was very important in the history of the late nineteenth and early twentiethcentury novel in light of the debate between modernism and the traditional approach to the craft of fiction. After a long period of …
Alice's Wonderland: Performances of Identity
Häftad, 2025
1031 kr
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The volume presents a journey into Alice's Wonderland as a world of morphing possibilities. In a constant dialogue with Victorian codifications, Alice learns to define her identity and at the same time presents critical insights into her own cultural milieu. Alice appears to be on the threshold …
