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"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 that rereading the past can bring excitement, joy, and significance." - Stanley Friedman, Co-Editor, Dickens Studies Annual
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Book Title: Rereading the Nineteenth Century
Book Subtitle: Studies in the Old Criticism from Austen to Lawrence
Authors: Igor Webb
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230106116
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Igor Webb 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28646-1Published: 14 April 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-10611-6Published: 29 March 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 194
Topics: British and Irish Literature, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Fiction