The comfort of strangers social life and literary form McWeeny, Gage. creator text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. nyu 2016 monographic eng print xi, 225 pages ; 25 cm Introduction: the comfort of strangers -- Matthew Arnold's crowd management -- Losing interest in George Eliot -- Oscar Wilde's ephemeral form -- Henry James's art of distance -- Afterword. Gage McWeeny. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- English literature 19th century History and criticism Social change in literature Strangers in literature Community life in literature Social psychology in literature Literature and society Great Britain History 19th century Community life in literature English literature Literature and society Social change in literature Social psychology in literature Strangers in literature Great Britain 1800 - 1899 fast PR468.S57 M39 2015 820.9/355 9780199797202 019979720X 9780199797288 0199797285 2015021433 DLC 150729 20170928111535.0 in00003610897 eng