Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century

by Andrew Smith (Editor), Anna Barton (Editor), Andrew Smith (Editor), Anna Barton (Editor), Andrew Smith (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2017

  $96.90

  This book aims to intervene in current critical contexts for the study of nineteenth-century literature within the academy and beyond. Topics discussed include science and technology, poetry and philosophy, the Gothic, anatomical exhibitions, the global spread of liberalism, Anglo-American publishing, Punjabi popular culture and the neo-Victorian in literature, film and performance. By bringing together a broad range of intellectually challenging perspectives, the book offers an engaging critical overview of the field of nineteenth-century literary studies that will appeal both to scholars working within the field and students and teachers encountering this fascinating area of study for the first time.