Product Description: Margaret Gatty was a mid-Victorian children's author, who also wrote Book of Emblems in 1872. This critical study examines the relationship of that book to 19th-century allegorical writings for children.

Product Description: While Rider Haggard's stories have been popular with several generations of readers, this was the first study to examine the place of Empire in his writing and to draw out its related political and literary implications. Dr Katz argues that the romance adventure carried an ideological burden for Haggard and that he was one of a number of imperial-minded writers - among them R...read more