Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 books

Written by some of the best-known and distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative text provides the most...  Read More >>

The hysteric, the pious woman, the madman, the criminal, and the writer are all, in Zola's work, ""beasts of confession"",...  Read More >>

Taking examples from Gothic, island adventure, imperial, and children's literature, this book addresses the remarkable...  Read More >>

This book resituates the ghost story as a matter of literary hospitality and as part of a vital prehistory of modernism,...  Read More >>

The hysteric, the pious woman, the madman, the criminal, and the writer are all, in Zola's work, ""beasts of confession"",...  Read More >>

One of the most popular writers of his age, outsold only by Dickens, Edward George Bulwer Lytton (1803–73), first...  Read More >>

One of the most popular writers of his age, outsold only by Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803–73), first Baron...  Read More >>

One of the most celebrated authors of the Victorian era, Anthony Trollope (1815–82) requested that his autobiography...  Read More >>

One of the most celebrated authors of the Victorian era, Anthony Trollope (1815–82) requested that his autobiography...  Read More >>

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Through close readings of individual serials and books Sarah Dewis examines the significant contributions John and...  Read More >>

Reading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period...  Read More >>

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By analysing relevant statues alongside the literature of the time, Ian Ward investigates Victorian anxieties about...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1936, this book presents the content of E. R. Vincent's inaugural lecture upon taking up...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1940, this book examines the Romantic Movement in Spain from its decline and dwindling popularity...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1939, this book presents the content of the Leslie Stephen Lecture for that year, which...  Read More >>

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This colourful and well-written guide conducts the reader through Dickens’ world via his life, both personal and...  Read More >>

This miscellany explores the staggeringly busy and diverse life of Charles Dickens, giving readers the chance to...  Read More >>

This book offers a monograph on the work of the Armenian poet Daniel Varuzhan (1884-1915), preceded by a general...  Read More >>

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A study tracing issues of race, class and imperialism in the South Pacific through the work of Robert Louis Stevenson...  Read More >>