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  • Widening the Skirts of Light

    Essays on George Eliot

    by Rohan Maitzen ...
    George Eliot was Victorian England’s greatest novelist and also one of its wisest and most humane philosophical thinkers. These thoughtful and lively essays explore the artistry and intellectual reach of Eliot's fiction, highlighting her insights into marriage, morality, and religion. ... Read more

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  • The Victorian Art of Fiction

    Nineteenth-Century Essays on the Novel

    by Rohan Maitzen ...
    The Victorian Art of Fiction presents important Victorian statements on the form and function of fiction. The essays in this anthology address questions of genre, such as realism and sensationalism; questions of gender and authorship; questions of form, such as characterization, plot construction, and narration; and questions about the morality of fiction. The editor discusses where Victorian ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Middlemarch for Book Clubs

    Ideas for Reading and Discussion

    by Rohan Maitzen ...
    Everything you need for your book club to have a lively and well-informed discussion of George Eliot's beloved masterpiece. Includes biographical, historical, and literary contexts, discussion questions, and recommendations for further reading. ... Read more

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  • Gender, Genre, and Victorian Historical Writing

    by Rohan Amanda Maitzen ...
    Series series Literature and Society in Victorian Britain
    First published in 1999. and Middlemarch and of a range of nineteenth-century historical works, including works by and about women that are discussed extensively here for the first time. The blurring of boundaries between historical and fictional narratives, stimulated by the enormous success of Walter Scott's novels, and the development of social history are shown to have been key factors in an ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

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  • The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel

    Edited by Deirdre David ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    In the Victorian period, the British novel reached a wide readership and played a major role in the shaping of national and individual identity. As we come to understand the ways the novel contributed to public opinion on religion, gender, sexuality and race, we continue to be entertained and enlightened by the works of Dickens, George Eliot, Thackeray, Trollope and many others. This second ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain

    by Leah Price ...
    How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible? What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who hid behind the newspaper, ladies who matched their books' binding to their dress, and servants who ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel

    Edited by Lisa Rodensky ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Much has been written about the Victorian novel, and for good reason. The cultural power it exerted (and, to some extent, still exerts) is beyond question. The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel contributes substantially to this thriving scholarly field by offering new approaches to familiar topics (the novel and science, the Victorian Bildungroman) as well as essays on topics often overlooked ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Fatherhood, Authority, and British Reading Culture, 1831-1907

    by Melissa Shields Jenkins ...
    During a period when the idea of fatherhood was in flux and individual fathers sought to regain a cohesive collective identity, debates related to a father’s authority were negotiated and resolved through competing documents. Melissa Shields Jenkins analyzes the evolution of patriarchal authority in nineteenth-century culture, drawing from extra-literary and non-narrative source material as well ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • THE LABORATORY

    Enriched edition.

    by Robert Browning, Layla Donovan ...
    Robert Browning's 'The Laboratory' is a dramatic monologue that delves into the dark complexities of human nature and the consequences of betrayal and revenge. Written in a dramatic and highly emotional tone, this poem is set against the backdrop of a woman who seeks to poison her rival in love. Browning's use of vivid imagery and intense emotions create a sense of unease and suspense that draws ... Read more

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  • The English Novel

    An Introduction

    by Terry Eagleton ...
    Written by one of the world’s leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day.Covers the works of major authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontës, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The English Novel

    by George Saintsbury ...
    Saintsbury's book provides an overview and analysis of the history of the English novel up to the time of Sir Walter Scott's "Waverley," which is often considered one of the first historical novels. George Saintsbury was a prolific literary critic, known for his extensive knowledge of English literature.In "The English Novel," Saintsbury traces the development and evolution of the novel as a ... Read more

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  • Studies in Early Victorian Literature

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Themes and Influences of Early Victorian Literature

    by Frederic Harrison, Owen Bradshaw ...
    In "Studies in Early Victorian Literature," Frederic Harrison meticulously examines the literary currents and cultural underpinnings that shaped the Victorian era. Through a series of essays, Harrison explores the works of pivotal authors, including Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, employing a critical lens that combines historical context with astute literary analysis. His clear, ... Read more

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