Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Books
Cambridge University Press Darwins Plots Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin George Eliot and NineteenthCentury Fiction
Book SynopsisGillian Beer's classic Darwin's Plots, one of the most influential works of literary criticism and cultural history of the last quarter century, is here reissued in an updated edition to coincide with the anniversary of Darwin's birth and of the publication of The Origin of Species. Its focus on how writers, including George Eliot, Charles Kingsley and Thomas Hardy, responded to Darwin's discoveries and to his innovations in scientific language continues to open up new approaches to Darwin's thought and to its effects in the culture of his contemporaries. This third edition includes an important new essay that investigates Darwin's concern with consciousness across all forms of organic life. It demonstrates how this fascination persisted throughout his career and affected his methods and discoveries. With an updated bibliography reflecting recent work in the field, this book will retain its place at the heart of Victorian studies.Trade Review'Gillian Beer's superb study [is] a work of criticism that takes its modest place among the other 'cloudy triumphs' of English genius.' Michael Neve, Sunday Times'Offers fresh insights into familiar themes in the history of science by dealing with them in quite a new way.' John Durant, The Times Literary Supplement'The only problem with this book is deciding what to praise first. It draws on a breadth of knowledge in many fields, its literary readings are alert and original, it has a profound grasp of idea and form. It must be read by the scientist, the student of Victorian thought and art and the educated person in the street. … The book is so exciting as a work of literary criticism - among much else - that it must provoke and disturb old interpretations and judgements.' Barbara Hardy, New StatesmanTable of ContentsForeword George Levine; Preface to second edition; Introduction; Part I. Darwin's Language: 1. 'Pleasure like a tragedy': imagination and the material world; 2. Fit and misfitting: anthropomorphism and the natural order; Part II. Darwin's Plots: 3. Analogy, metaphor and narrative in The Origin; 4. Darwinian myths; 5. George Eliot: Middlemarch; 6. George Eliot: Daniel Deronda and the idea of a future life; 7. Descent and sexual selection: women in narrative; 8. Finding a scale for the human: plot and writing in Hardy's novels; 9. Darwin and the consciousness of others; Select bibliography of primary works.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen Cambridge
Book SynopsisJane Austen's stock in the popular marketplace has never been higher, while academic studies continue to uncover new aspects of her engagement with her world. This fully updated edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Companion offers clear, accessible coverage of the intricacies of Austen's works in their historical context, with biographical information and suggestions for further reading. Major scholars address Austen's six novels, the letters and other works, in terms accessible to students and the many general readers, as well as to academics. With seven new essays, the Companion now covers topics that have become central to recent Austen studies, for example, gender, sociability, economics, and the increasing number of screen adaptations of the novels.Trade Review'… an excellent collection which belongs in the library of every serious Austen scholar, as well as those who simply want a new or different insight into Austen's work.' Canadian Woman StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster; 1. Chronology of Jane Austen's life Deirdre Le Faye; 2. The professional woman writer Jan Fergus; 3. Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility Thomas Keymer; 4. Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park Jocelyn Harris; 5. Emma and Persuasion Penny Gay; 6. The early short fiction Margaret Anne Doody; 7. 'Lady Susan', 'The Watsons' and 'Sanditon' Janet Todd; 8. The letters Carol Houlihan Flynn; 9. Class Juliet McMaster; 10. Money Edward Copeland; 11. Making a living David Selwyn; 12. Gender E. J. Clery; 13. Sociability Gillian Russell; 14. Literary traditions Isobel Grundy; 15. Jane Austen on screen Kathryn Sutherland; 16. Cults and cultures Claudia Johnson; 17. Further reading Bruce Stovel and Mary Chan; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Spectres of the Self Thinking about Ghosts and GhostSeeing in England 17501920
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Cambridge University Press Jane Austen and the Enlightenment
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction
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Cambridge University Press Urban Realism and the Cosmopolitan Imagination in the Nineteenth Century Visible City Invisible World 75 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 75
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to NineteenthCentury American Poetry Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press George Eliot in Context
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Cambridge University Press Thinking about Other People in NineteenthCentury British Writing 73 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 73
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Cambridge University Press Tuberculosis and the Victorian Literary Imagination
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Cambridge University Press Darwins Plots
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Cambridge University Press Romanticism and Childhood The Infantilization of British Literary Culture 93 Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Series Number 93
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Cambridge University Press Bluestockings Displayed Portraiture Performance and Patronage 17301830
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to British Romantic Poetry Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press Yeats and European Drama
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Cambridge University Press Style Gender and Fantasy in NineteenthCentury American Womens Writing 160 Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Series Number 160
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Brontes
Book SynopsisEssays by leading scholars explore the works of the three Brontë sisters, including two of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century, Charlotte Brönte's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights, and the myths which grew up around them A detailed chronology and guides to further reading are provided.Trade Review'The essays stimulate and provoke, they are well-structured, well-argued and insightful. The reader will re-read the novels and poems with new knowledge and enjoyment.' Reference Reviews'The collection provides us with discoveries, new angles, and unexpected perceptions.' Brontë Studies' … the essays stimulate and provoke, they are well-structured, well-argued and insightful. The authors are deeply versed in their subjects and are good at exploring ideas and making the reader aware of underlying themes.' Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsChronology; Introduction Heather Glen; 1. The Haworth context Juliet Barker; 2. The Brontës' childhood writings Carol Bock; 3. The poetry of the Brontës Angela Leighton; 4. The Professor, Agnes Grey, and Wuthering Heights Stevie Davies; 5. Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Jill Matus; 6. Shirley and Villette Heather Glen; 7. Ideology, personality, and the Brontë characters Rick Rylance; 8. Women writing and publishing Kate Flint; 9. The Brontës and religion John Maynard; 10. The Brontë myth Patsy Stoneman; Guide to further reading.
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Cambridge University Press Coleridge Philosophy and Religion
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel
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Cambridge University Press The Poetics of Spice
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Cambridge University Press Romanticism and the Human Sciences Poetry Population and the Discourse of the Species 41 Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Series Number 41
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to The Spanish Novel From 1600 to the Present Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Brontes Cambridge Companions to Literature
Book SynopsisThe extraordinary works of the three sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontà have entranced and challenged scholars, students, and general readers for the past 150 years. This Companion offers a fascinating introduction to those works, including two of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century - Charlotte's Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights. In a series of original essays, contributors explore the roots of the sisters' achievement in early nineteenth-century Haworth, and the childhood 'plays' they developed; they set these writings within the context of a wider history, and show how each sister engages with some of the central issues of her time. The essays also consider the meaning and significance of the BrontÃs' enduring popular appeal. A detailed chronology and guides to further reading provide further reference material, making this a volume indispensable for scholars and students, and all those interested in the BrontÃs and their work.Trade Review'The essays stimulate and provoke, they are well-structured, well-argued and insightful. The reader will re-read the novels and poems with new knowledge and enjoyment.' Reference Reviews'The collection provides us with discoveries, new angles, and unexpected perceptions.' Brontë Studies' … the essays stimulate and provoke, they are well-structured, well-argued and insightful. The authors are deeply versed in their subjects and are good at exploring ideas and making the reader aware of underlying themes.' Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsChronology; Introduction Heather Glen; 1. The Haworth context Juliet Barker; 2. The Brontës' childhood writings Carol Bock; 3. The poetry of the Brontës Angela Leighton; 4. The Professor, Agnes Grey, and Wuthering Heights Stevie Davies; 5. Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Jill Matus; 6. Shirley and Villette Heather Glen; 7. Ideology, personality, and the Brontë characters Rick Rylance; 8. Women writing and publishing Kate Flint; 9. The Brontës and religion John Maynard; 10. The Brontë myth Patsy Stoneman; Guide to further reading.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to William Blake
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Cambridge University Press British Romanticism and the Science of the Mind 47 Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Series Number 47
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Cambridge University Press The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of English Romantic Literature
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Cambridge University Press Andrs Bello Scholarship and NationBuilding in NineteenthCentury Latin America 87 Cambridge Latin American Studies Series Number 87
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy
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Cambridge University Press Physiognomy and the Meaning of Expression in NineteenthCentury Culture 29 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 29
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Cambridge University Press Ethics and Narrative in the English Novel 18801914
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Cambridge University Press Modernism and the Celtic Revival
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Cambridge University Press Performing the American Frontier 18701906 13 Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama Series Number 13
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Cambridge University Press Jane Austen on Screen
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Cambridge University Press The Journals of George Eliot Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Paperback
Book SynopsisThis is the first publication of the complete surviving journals of the great Victorian novelist. A new George Eliot text, and the closest she came to autobiography, it reveals both professional writer and private woman. Chronology, introduction, headnotes to each diary, and annotated index supply valuable contextual and explanatory information.Trade Review'The editors of this volume have done their work with admirable tact and persistence.' Terry Eagleton, The Independent on Sunday'This volume forms a valuable addition to Eliot scholarship … Margaret Harris and Judith Johnston have produced a definintive work for future generations of Eliot enthusiasts and scholars.' Sally Shuttleworth, The Times Literary Supplement'The editors, who have produced a masterly piece of work, have included a chronology, excellent notes and a most valuable 'explanatory index.' The Contemporary Review'Unshrouded by prejudices and the various agendas of biographers, these abridged texts provide fascinating direct access to the author. The unobtrusive editing is suffciently informative without being overwhelming …'. Charlotte Cory, The Independent'… a great contribution to scholarship … a remarkable book for which biographers, critics and readers must be grateful and by which they should be enlightened.' Barbara Hardy, The George Eliot Review'This is a most valuable book, boon for those who wish to learn more about the remarkable woman who gave us, among others, The Mill on the Floss, Romola and Middlemarch.' Canberra Times' [A] beautifully edited and designed work … the pleasures it offers to the reader of George Eliot are manifold … It is a work long needed. That it is interpretatively, textually, and typographically so well done makes it worth the wait.' Carol A. Martin, Boise State University'… the real merit of this book is that it opens a whole field of these quietly resonating details, committed to the privacy of Eliot's treasured and closely guarded notebooks from 1854 to a few months before her death.' Mark Wormald, The Review of English StudiesTable of ContentsList of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Diary 1854–61: (i) Weimar, 20 July–3 November 1854; (ii) Berlin, 3 November 1854–March 1855; (iii) England, March 1855–19 June 1861; 2. Diary 1861–77; 3. Diary 1879; 4. Diary 1880; 5. Recollections of Weimar, 1854; 6. Recollections of Berlin, 1854–5; 7. Recollections of Ilfracombe, 1856; 8. Recollections of the Scilly Isles and Jersey, 1857; 9. The Making of George Eliot, 1857–9; 10. Germany, 1858; 11. Recollections of Italy, 1860; 12. Italy, 1864; 13. Normandy and Brittany, 1865; Explanatory index.
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Cambridge University Press Jane Austen on Screen
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Cambridge University Press The Persistence of Romanticism
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Cambridge University Press Recreating Jane Austen
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Cambridge University Press The AntiJacobin Novel British Conservatism and the French Revolution 48 Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Series Number 48
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson
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Cambridge University Press Dickens on Screen
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Cambridge University Press Byron and Romanticism 50 Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Series Number 50
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley
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Cambridge University Press The Victorian Supernatural 42 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 42
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Cambridge University Press Womens Poetry and Religion in Victorian England Jewish Identity and Christian Culture 35 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 35
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