Literary Studies: c 1800 to c 1900

Rae Greiner proposes that sympathy is integral to the form of the classic nineteenth-century realist novel. Following the philosophy of Adam Smith,...

For someone who did not actually fight in the American Civil War, Stephen Crane was extraordinarily accurate in his description of the psychologica...

While most people know that Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous book Uncle Tom's Cabin spurred on abolotionist sentiments in the North, not many are awa...

Charles Dickens was the most popular writer of his age and is still considered one of the world's greatest novelists. This well-written study surve...

Many works now considered classics were scorned by critics when they were first published. While some of these works received little attention when...

In this elegant study, Walt Whitman's democratic, consensual idealism emerges for the first time as truly central to his poetic achievement. Though...

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As industrialization transformed American life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, increasing numbers of women sought employment ou...

This volume provides a critical introduction to eight landmark novels in 19th- and 20th-century French literature, including The Plague, Madame Bov...

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was a mystery in her own lifetime, and her poems continue to challenge their readers. For many, she remains a mythic re...

Sexuality and erotic desire were important components of Victorian culture, and the novels of the Victorian era reflect the sexual attitudes of the...

The South has a rich cultural legacy and that of Louisiana is especially strong and diverse. Despite its similarities with the rest of the South, L...