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Rereading the nineteenth century Studies in the old criticism from Austen to Lawrence /

"In this ambitious, wide-ranging study, Webb carefully considers both the nature of reading fiction and the difficulties in seeking to reread nineteenth-century works in the way that they were experienced by their original audience. The subjects discussed include the prevalence of religious bel...

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Main Authors: Webb, Igor
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Authors and readers > History > 19th century > Great Britain
Religion and literature > History > 19th century > Great Britain
English fiction > History and criticism > 19th century
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers > English
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 > English
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230106116
Summary: "In this ambitious, wide-ranging study, Webb carefully considers both the nature of reading fiction and the difficulties in seeking to reread nineteenth-century works in the way that they were experienced by their original audience. The subjects discussed include the prevalence of religious belief in this earlier period, the problems that writers faced in trying to depict the unprecedented circumstances of urban life, and the manner in which narrative form was used as a guide to meaning. Focusing on six representative texts, Webb offers new, stimulating insights as he forcefully maintains th
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2010.
Carrier Form: 208 p.
ISBN: 9780230100275
9780230106116 :
0230106110 :
CLC: I561.074
Contents: Preliminary * Reading Mary Barton: The Writer and the Reader * Charles Dickens in America: The Writer in Reality * Narrative and the Problem of Evil: The Writer and Mortality * Toward a Conclusion.

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