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Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century

Victorian Perspectives - Six Essays (Hardcover): John Clubbe, Jerome Meckier Victorian Perspectives - Six Essays (Hardcover)
John Clubbe, Jerome Meckier
R4,332 Discovery Miles 43 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

These essays focus on major figures, major works or major themes and movements of the Victorian era. Each aims to fill the gap in critical literature while reflecting the book's recurring concern with contexts and strategems of presentation. They strive for fresh perspectives, whether it be a fuller grounding for Browning's poetry, a reconciliation of the contrary views Emerson and Nietzsche held on Carlyle's narrative techniques, a clear awareness of the role of comedy in Arnold's prose, a new chapter on English literary realism or a look at Trollope as a crucial addition to his era's exhaustive studies of changing and highly symbolic parent-child relationships. John Clubbe is co-author of "English Romanticism: The Grounds of Belief" and Jerome Meckier is author of "Aldous Huxley: Satire and Structure".

Deprivation and Power - The Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa in Nineteenth-Century French Literature (Hardcover, New): Patricia... Deprivation and Power - The Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa in Nineteenth-Century French Literature (Hardcover, New)
Patricia Mceachern
R2,771 Discovery Miles 27 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Looking at the sociohistorical and sociocultural context, this study investigates examples of anorexia nervosa, a highly symbolic form of nonverbal discourse, in a selection of French novels spanning the period 1835-1889. In each of the novels, there is an unmistakable association between literal and figurative hunger, whereby the protagonists become human signs of their private, unconscious protest. They refuse food not because they are not hungry, but because they hunger too much for effectiveness and self-fulfillment in the face of a repressive society. Each protagonist, when confronted with her severely limited options and overwhelming sense of ineffectiveness, discovers self-empowerment through disorderly eating. The starving body functions as a register of emotional anguish, low self-esteem, and powerlessness. Through a kind of "gender-switching," most of the protagonists voluntarily take on, in an attempt to challenge society's restrictive view of femininity, what are commonly considered to be masculine characteristics. This book will be of interest to students and faculty of literature as well as women's and gender studies. Professional therapists dealing with anorexia will find new insight in this informative and unique presentation of the topic.

Lives of the Great Romantics, Part I - Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth by Their Contemporaries (Hardcover): Chris Hart Lives of the Great Romantics, Part I - Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth by Their Contemporaries (Hardcover)
Chris Hart
R14,406 Discovery Miles 144 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, under pressure from New Historicism and developments in the formal study of biography, scholars have become increasingly conscious of how deliberately fashioned were the images of Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth. In Byron's case, this was often with his consent or collusion; in Shelley's case, it was the active efforts of his widow and friends who struggled to construct a particular picture of both man and poet. With Wordsworth the picture is less clear, since the kind of scrutiny that his two counterparts have recently received has rarely extended to him. The memoirs in this collection are written by those who had personal knowledge of Shelley, Byron and Wordsworth, or who claimed to be recording the accounts of those who had such knowledge. Each volume in this set contains the original memoirs in facsimile together with introductions and headnotes. The headnotes set the relevant context for each document, cross-referencing controversial passages.

Victorian Religious Discourse - New Directions in Criticism (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): J. Nixon Victorian Religious Discourse - New Directions in Criticism (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
J. Nixon
R1,544 Discovery Miles 15 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection of essays attempts to address the disparate historical and critical ways religion informs the literature and culture of nineteenth century England, showing how a representative group of major Victorians negotiated its impact. The collection attempts to present Victorian religious discourse not as monologic but as dialogic, if not protean. It seeks to make available new understandings of nineteenth-century British literature as well as to elucidate the extent to which religious discourse is vested in Victorian cultural thoughts and practice.

Victorian Poetry - Poetry, Poetics and Politics (Paperback, 2nd edition): Isobel Armstrong Victorian Poetry - Poetry, Poetics and Politics (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Isobel Armstrong
R1,339 Discovery Miles 13 390 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In Victorian Poetry: Poetry, Poetics and Politics, Isobel Armstrong rescued Victorian poetry from its longstanding sepia image as 'a moralised form of romantic verse' and unearthed its often subversive critique of nineteenth-century culture and politics. In this uniquely comprehensive and theoretically astute new edition, Armstrong provides an entirely new preface that notes the key advances in the criticism of Victorian poetry since her classic work was first published in 1993. A new chapter on the alternative fin de siecle sees Armstrong discuss Michael Field, Rudyard Kipling, Alice Meynell and a selection of Hardy lyrics. The extensive bibliography acts as a key resource for students and scholars alike.

White Skins/Black Masks - Representation and Colonialism (Hardcover, annotated edition): Gail Ching-Liang Low White Skins/Black Masks - Representation and Colonialism (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Gail Ching-Liang Low
R4,490 Discovery Miles 44 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"White Skin/Black Masks" focuses on the fiction and travel writings of Henry Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling. Close friends as well as prominent figures of imperial and colonial myth-making, Haggard and Kipling were praised for their alleged knowledge of and ability to speak from within the "native" cultures of Africa and India. Narrators and characters in their fiction attest to a persistent fascination with the body-image of the "Other." Kipling's fiction in particular deals with disguise and physical transformation through the use of costume. This book addresses the psychic processes of negation, projection and reappropriation in the dynamics of pleasure/unpleasure and mastery/defense found in the work of these two writers. It also seeks to provide a historical context for understanding how these forces emerged from and were played out in contemporary society.
The fascination with exotic cultures and the crossing of cultural boundaries provides some of the most striking ways in which a colonizing culture articulates its self-identity and authority. "White Skin/Black Masks" employs the most recent thinking in psychoanalysis, anthropology and colonial discourse theory to analyze the manner in which fantasy and fabulation is always caught up in networks of desire and power.

Science, Sexuality and Sensation Novels - Pleasures of the Senses (Hardcover): L. Garrison Science, Sexuality and Sensation Novels - Pleasures of the Senses (Hardcover)
L. Garrison
R1,519 Discovery Miles 15 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This fascinating new book offers a detailed account of the prolific debate about the sensation novel and considers the genre's dialogues with a number of sciences. Well-known and obscure sensation novels are read against this context in order to recover the forgotten history of sensual reading the genre inspired.

George Crabbe - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Arthur Pollard George Crabbe - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Arthur Pollard
R8,272 Discovery Miles 82 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects.

William Blake - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): G.E. Bentley Jnr William Blake - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
G.E. Bentley Jnr
R10,651 Discovery Miles 106 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Collected Critical Heritage set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1794-1834 (Hardcover, New edition): J. R. De J Jackson Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1794-1834 (Hardcover, New edition)
J. R. De J Jackson
R10,698 Discovery Miles 106 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

1 The "Critical Heritage" series gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The "Collected Critical Heritage" set is available as a set of 68 volumes, as mini-sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

Robert Southey - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Lionel Madden Robert Southey - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Lionel Madden
R9,924 Discovery Miles 99 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"The Critical Heritage" gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects."The Critical Heritage" will be available as a set of 67 volumes, in mini- sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

Lord Byron - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Andrew Rutherford Lord Byron - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Andrew Rutherford
R8,876 Discovery Miles 88 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Critical Heritage series gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Critical Heritage set is available as a set of 67 volumes, as mini- sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

Lord Alfred Tennyson - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): John D. Jump Lord Alfred Tennyson - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
John D. Jump
R12,921 Discovery Miles 129 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"The Critical Heritage" series gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Critical Heritage is available as a set of 67 volumes, as mini- sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

Arthur Hugh Clough - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Michael Thorpe Arthur Hugh Clough - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Michael Thorpe
R8,261 Discovery Miles 82 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation.

Gerard Manley Hopkins - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Gerald Roberts Gerard Manley Hopkins - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Gerald Roberts
R9,910 Discovery Miles 99 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Series Information:
The Critical Heritage Series

Jane Austen - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1811-1870 (Hardcover, New edition): B.C. Southam Jane Austen - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1811-1870 (Hardcover, New edition)
B.C. Southam
R12,143 Discovery Miles 121 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects.

Jane Austen - The Critical Heritage Volume 2 1870-1940 (Hardcover, New edition): B.C. Southam Jane Austen - The Critical Heritage Volume 2 1870-1940 (Hardcover, New edition)
B.C. Southam
R9,896 Discovery Miles 98 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects.

William Thackeray - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Professor Donald Hawes, Donald Hawes, Geoffrey Tillotson William Thackeray - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Professor Donald Hawes, Donald Hawes, Geoffrey Tillotson
R9,909 Discovery Miles 99 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This text is part of a series that gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The "Collected Critical Heritage" set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes.

Charles Dickens - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Philip Collins Charles Dickens - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Philip Collins
R12,948 Discovery Miles 129 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Collected Critical Heritage set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes.

Anthony Trollope - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Donald Smalley Anthony Trollope - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Donald Smalley
R9,935 Discovery Miles 99 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little-published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation.

The Brontes - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Miriam Allott, Professor Miriam Allott The Brontes - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Miriam Allott, Professor Miriam Allott
R12,924 Discovery Miles 129 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Critical Heritage series gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The important selected sources range from essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The whole Critical Heritage series is available as a set of 67 volumes, in mini- sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

George Meredith - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): Ioan Williams George Meredith - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
Ioan Williams
R8,278 Discovery Miles 82 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects.

Thomas Hardy - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition): R. G Cox Thomas Hardy - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover, New edition)
R. G Cox
R12,178 Discovery Miles 121 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"The Critical Heritage" series gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. "The Critical Heritage" is available as a set of 67 volumes and the series is also available in mini-sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) or as individual volumes.

Matthew Arnold - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 Prose Writings (Hardcover, New edition): Carl Dawson, John Pfordresher Matthew Arnold - The Critical Heritage Volume 1 Prose Writings (Hardcover, New edition)
Carl Dawson, John Pfordresher
R6,273 Discovery Miles 62 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects.

Matthew Arnold - The Critical Heritage Volume 2 The Poetry (Hardcover, New edition): Carl Dawson Matthew Arnold - The Critical Heritage Volume 2 The Poetry (Hardcover, New edition)
Carl Dawson
R8,869 Discovery Miles 88 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This series gathers together a body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects.

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