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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize"
"Honorable Mention for North American Victorian Studies Association Best Book Award"
"It is not often that a literary critic working in a historical period writes such a timely book. . . . Schaffer shows in a practical way how we can use our skills as literary scholars to effect the kinds of changes in academic life that we want to see."
---Rachael Scarborough King, Los Angeles Review of Books"A groundbreaking work. . . . Schaffer’s explanation of reparative reading and discussion of what care ethics means to readers and thinkers in the present gives this study relevance beyond Victorian studies." * Choice Reviews *
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Schaffer’s attunement to a historically-informed understanding of Victorian caring allows her to recalibrate our understanding of novels we thought we knew well. . . . Communities of Care is truly a book that brings Victorian studies into alignment with some of the pressing issues of our time.
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---Adela Pinch, Victorian Studies"A rare academic book that provides a fresh approach to Victorian literature. . . . [
Communities of Care is] capacious, smart, and engaging."
---Catherine J. Golden, Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature
