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Vulnerability and Resilience in English Literature of the Long 19th Century

Vulnerability and Resilience in English Literature of the Long 19th Century Critical Essays

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Publisher's Synopsis

The nineteenth-century was a time of accelerated change and stark contradictions. It was marked by stability, advancement and reform, but also by widening inequalities, spiritual crisis and social unrest. Identity and gender came under pressure, religious belief was called into question, and the condition of women and children seemed to belie the much-vaunted idea of progress.

Essays in this book explore how these contradictions and concerns are reflected in nineteenth-century literature. In discussing historical figures, characters and plots that are variously vulnerable and/or resilient, the essays reflect the breadth of nineteenth-century literature, from realist and sensational fiction to autobiography and poetry. Besides providing insights into the transfigurative role writing played, both as a means to express vulnerability and as a resilience process, the essays also foster further reflection on two timeless dimensions of the human condition.

Book information

ISBN: 9781476693187
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Imprint: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 820.9008
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20241030
Language: English
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 322g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 12mm