Based on close readings of five Victorian novels, Hallum presents an original study of the interaction between popular fiction, the marriage market and the aest
Based on close readings of five Victorian novels, Hallum presents an original study of the interaction between popular fiction, the marriage market and the aest
Charting the period that extends from the 1860s to the 1940s, this volume offers fresh perspectives on Aestheticism and Modernism. By acknowledging that both mo
William Clark Russell wrote more than forty nautical novels. Immensely popular in their time, his works were admired by contemporary writers, such as Conan Doyl
The rise of the middle classes brought a sharp increase in the number of young men and women able to attend university. Developing in the wake of this increase,