Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 books

First published in 1851, this is a poem in two parts. The first explores the hope glimmering in Florence during...  Read More >>

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This book focuses on the precursor role of Ludwig Tieck in the Romantic revolution in drama which is seen in his...  Read More >>

Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and...  Read More >>

A collection of academic essays by literary critics and writers of crime fiction - including a reflective essay...  Read More >>

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Charles Dickens effectively re-invented periodical literature in the nineteenth century, with his phenomenally popular...  Read More >>

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In late nineteenth-century Germany, the onset of modernity transformed how people experienced place. In response...  Read More >>

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Between 1870 and 1910 male authors were actively engaged with imagining new possibilities for women, at the same...  Read More >>

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Provides a rich new conceptual language to describe the movements of sex in nineteenth-century America before it...  Read More >>

Provides a rich new conceptual language to describe the movements of sex in nineteenth-century America before it...  Read More >>

First published between 1853 and 1856, this eight-volume collection of memoirs, diaries and letters provides rare...  Read More >>

Rudyard Kipling is Britain's favourite poet. Born in India and experiencing first-hand the glory days of the British...  Read More >>

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These volumes offer a mine of concrete information, much new, about transmission and reception of the great Romantic...  Read More >>

Acts of Desire is a study of theatrical depictions of illicit female sexuality, from seduction and prostitution...  Read More >>