Nineteenth-Century British literature then and now : reading with hindsight

Publication Data

• Title Nineteenth-Century British literature then and now : reading with hindsight
• Author Simon Dentith
• Publisher Ashgate
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location Farnham, Surrey
• Language English

Contents

The ambivalence of hindsight
Reading with hindsight: the nineteenth century and the twenty-first
The Mill on the Floss and the social space of hindsight
"If I had known then, what I knew long afterwards!": David Copperfield and the ambivalence of hindsight
Trollope and political realism
"The things that lead to life": Ruskin and use-value
Utopia under the sign of hindsight
Writing with hindsight: the Victorian novel in succeeding centuries
Afterword: With the benefit of hindsight.

Topics

• English literature :: 19th century :: History and criticism

Nineteenth-Century British literature then and now : reading with hindsight by Simon Dentith. ISBN 9781472418852. Published by Ashgate in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.