Rereading the nineteenth century [Elektronisk resurs] Studies in the old criticism from Austen to Lawrence / Igor Webb.
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Webb, Igor. (författare)
- ISBN 9780230106116
- Publicerad: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
- Engelska 208 p.
- Relaterad länk:
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http://dx.doi.org/10... (Table of Contents / Abstracts)
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Preliminary * Reading Mary Barton: The Writer and the Reader * Charles Dickens in America: The Writer in Reality * Narrative and the Problem of Evil: The Writer and Mortality * Toward a Conclusion.
- This book offers a rereading of the development of the nineteenth-century English novel in the wake of the revolutions in theory and criticism of the last several decades, and explores the relation of the writer to the reader.
- "In this ambitious, wide-ranging study, Webb carefully considers both the nature of reading fiction and the difficulties in seeking to reread nineteenth-century works in the way that they were experienced by their original audience. The subjects discussed include the prevalence of religious belief in this earlier period, the problems that writers faced in trying to depict the unprecedented circumstances of urban life, and the manner in which narrative form was used as a guide to meaning. Focusing on six representative texts, Webb offers new, stimulating insights as he forcefully maintains that rereading the past can bring excitement, joy, and significance." - Stanley Friedman, Co-Editor, Dickens Studies Annual.
Ämnesord
- Authors and readers -- History -- 19th century -- Great Britain. (LCSH)
- Religion and literature -- History -- 19th century -- Great Britain. (LCSH)
- English fiction -- History and criticism -- 19th century. (LCSH)
- Literature. (eflch)
- Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers -- English. (bicssc)
- Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 -- English. (bicssc)
Klassifikation
- DSK (ämneskategori)
- DSBF (ämneskategori)
- LIT (ämneskategori)
- 823.809 (DDC)
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