Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

An exploration of the substantial evidence for the importance of Friedrich Schiller's thought on George Eliot's...  Read More >>

A sympathetic view of the fallen women in Victorian England begins in the novel. First published in 1984, this book...  Read More >>

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First published in 1981, this book attempts to approach a better understanding of Disraeli the man through his life...  Read More >>

First published in 1988, this book looks at the enormous impact Dickens’ writings had on American novelists in the...  Read More >>

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This collection aims to direct the reader to a more thorough understanding of Victorian fiction. The introductions...  Read More >>

First published in 1990. Balzac, Zola and Faulkner all drew upon the principles of evolutionary theory to represent...  Read More >>

First published in 1975, this study is concerned with the representation of non-European people in English popular...  Read More >>

First published in 1987, these essays deal with the three major novels of George Meredith. It explores in particular...  Read More >>

This book argues that, due to political and ideological shifts in the last decades of the nineteenth century-a time...  Read More >>

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First published in 1990, this book was the first comprehensive study of Balzac’s relationship to music, blending...  Read More >>

First published in 1987. While there have been commentaries on his humour, his seriousness, his social concerns,...  Read More >>

First published in 1977, this book studies three important nineteenth-century novelists: Mrs Gaskell, William Hale...  Read More >>

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This essay collection, bringing together British, European, and North American literary critics and cultural historians...  Read More >>

Mr Mayhead examines Scott's contemplation of the detribalization of Scotland after the Jacobite rebellions, and...  Read More >>

There is no English novelist whose reputation has fluctuated so violently as that of George Meredith. First published...  Read More >>

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First published in 1987, this book engages directly with a selection of major texts from the traditional English...  Read More >>

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