The New Nineteenth Century
The New Nineteenth Century

Author: Barbara Leah Harman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1136512527

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This book includes essays on writers from the 1840s to the 1890s, well known writers such as Anne Bronte, Wilkie Collins and Bram Stoker, lesser known writers such as Geraldine Jewsbury, Charles Reade, Margaret Oliphant, George Moore, Sarah Grand and Mary Ward. The contributors explore important thematic concerns: the relation between private and public realms; gender and social class; sexuality and the marketplace; and male and female cultural identity.

The Gospel According to the Novelist
The Gospel According to the Novelist

Author: Magdalena Maczynska

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 178093775X

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Why have so many prominent literary authors-from Philip Pullman and José Saramago to Michèle Roberts and Colm Tóibím-recently rewritten the canonical story of Jesus Christ? What does that say about our supposedly secular age? In this insightful study, Magdalena Maczynska defines and examines the genre of scriptural metafiction: novels that not only transform religious texts but also draw attention to these transformations. In addition to providing rich examples and close readings, Maczynska positions literary studies within interdisciplinary debates about religion and secularity. Her book demonstrates a surprising turn of events: even as contemporary novelists deconstruct the traditional categories of “secular” and “sacred” writing, they open up new spaces for scripture in contemporary culture.

The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland
The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland

Author: Elizabeth Lynn Linton

Publisher: Victorian Secrets

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1906469229

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Critical edition of Eliza Lynn Linton's semi-autobiographical novel in which she adopts a male persona in order to recount her relationships with other women. The edition includes an introduction, explanatory footnotes and extracts from other relevant works.