{"product_id":"gypsies-and-the-british-imagination-18071930-9780231137058","title":"Gypsies and the British Imagination 18071930","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sophisticated, subtle, and highly erudite analysis. -- Panikos Panayi Victorian Studies Extensive descriptive passages... Nuanced and perceptive glimpses into the texts and into the lives, character, nature, and motives of the writers themselves. Journal of British Studies A welcome addition to Romani and literary studies. -- Marianne Zwicker H-Ideas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Children of Hagar 1. \"A Mingled Race\": Walter Scott's Gypsies 2. Vagrant and Poet: The Gypsy and the \"Strange Disease of Modern Life\" 3. In the Beginning Was the Word: George Borrow's Romany Picaresque 4. \"Marks of Race\": The Impossible Gypsy in George Eliot 5. \"The Last Romance\": Scholarship and Nostalgia in the Gypsy Lore Society 6. The Phantom Gypsy: Invisibility, Writing, and History Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51358992138583,"sku":"9780231137058","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gypsies-and-the-british-imagination-18071930-9780231137058","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}