Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 books

A new poetics of space developed alongside modern realism. This is reflected in the very structure of texts, the...  Read More >>

While scholars have been studying the short story cycle for some time now, this book discusses a form that has never...  Read More >>

This literary guide leads students with advanced knowledge of Russian as well as experienced scholars through the...  Read More >>

Revisiting Italy focuses on the convergence of political advocacy, gender ideologies, national identity, and literary...  Read More >>

This work challenges dominant narratives of the concerns of nineteenth century literature to show how supposedly...  Read More >>

This literary guide leads students with advanced knowledge of Russian as well as experienced scholars through the...  Read More >>

Originally a courtly art, ballet experienced dramatic evolution (but never, significantly, theprospect of extinction)...  Read More >>

Dickson identifies the nineteenth century as the beginning of the large-scale absorption of the Arabian Nights into...  Read More >>

This book examines anachronisms in realist writing from the colonial periphery to redefine British realism and rethink...  Read More >>

Published in 1803, Thaddeus of Warsaw is a beguiling romance that also exposes the hardships faced by migrants in...  Read More >>

At 250, Walter Scott points toward our possible futures.  Read More >>

Skeptical doubt – a foundation of modernity – inspired the burst of artistic creativity illuminating the age of...  Read More >>

Wild Romanticism consolidates contemporary thinking about conceptions of the wild in British and European Romanticism,...  Read More >>

The enclosure of the commons, space once available for communal use, was not a singular event but an act of ""slow...  Read More >>

The enclosure of the commons, space once available for communal use, was not a singular event but an act of ""slow...  Read More >>

Stendhals Romane sind sowohl als realistische als auch als 'antirealistische' und 'postheroische' Werke gelesen...  Read More >>

The first Annual of the International Heyer Society! Join Society Patronesses Rachel Hyland, Jennifer Kloester and...  Read More >>

The study has two objectives: to determine the general structure of irony and to show in detail how it is applied...  Read More >>

Henry Thoreau is widely considered to be one of the greatest nature writers, among whose best-known works are Walden...  Read More >>

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This book addresses a deceptively simple question: what accounts for the global success of A Doll’s House, Henrik...  Read More >>

This book maps the history of literary celebrity from the early nineteenth century to the present, paying special...  Read More >>

Explores the intersections of socialism and literature in the long nineteenth century, with special emphasis on...  Read More >>

Arthur Machen: Critical Essays studies the works of Arthur Machen in twelve essays, exploring different aspects...  Read More >>

Increased interest in the role of women and minorities in establishing the canon of American literature has led...  Read More >>