Vulnerability and resilience in English literature of the long 19th century : critical essays /
"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 t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "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 variously vulnerable and/or resilient, 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, and still plays, both as a means to express vulnerability and as a resilience process, they also foster further reflection on two timeless dimensions of the human condition."-- |
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| Item Description: | "This volume arose from an international conference which took place online during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in December 2021."--Page vii. |
| Physical Description: | vii, 232 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476693187 1476693188 |