Описание: This book links literary works to psychological and philosophical beliefs of the Victorian era, by demonstrating a common concern among poets, novelists, philosophers, psychologists, and devotees of the occult with the question of whether thinking about someone can cause something to happen to them.
Описание: Through close examinations of diaries, diary publication, and diaries in fiction, this book explores how the diary`s construction of time and space made it an invaluable and effective vehicle for the dominant discourses of the period; it also explains how the genre evolved into the feminine, emotive, private form we continue to privilege today.
Описание: This is the first work on British textile exports to South America during the nineteenth century. Contrary to the prevailing views, British exports to South America were transacted at very high rates during the first decades after independence. This book explores the marketing chain of textile exports to the region and sheds light on South Americans` consumer behaviour.
Описание: By considering the disruptive potential of age disparate marriages in nineteenth-century British literature, Godfrey offers provocative new readings of canonical texts including Don Juan, Jane Eyre, and Bleak House.
Описание: The book offers readings of discourses about food in a wide range of sources, from canonical Victorian novels by authors such as Dickens, Gaskell, and Hardy to parliamentary speeches, royal proclamations, and Amendment Acts.
Описание: This book examines the relationship of the Australian colonies with Britain and Empire in the late nineteenth century.
Автор: J. Gordon Название: Gossip and Subversion in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction ISBN: 0312161654 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780312161651 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: J. Gordon Название: Gossip and Subversion in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction ISBN: 0333607821 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333607824 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This study defines the stylistic, economic and political underground beneath the standard "plots" of Victorian fiction. It includes a discussion on the ways in which an "oral community" is deployed at the margins of novels, undermining the social values inherent in inscription.
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