Product Description: The relationship between the work of Charles Dickens and popular literature has often been noted, but the extent to which his fiction and journalism were rooted in, and continued to respond to, the popular radical culture of his time had so far been unexplored...read more

Henrik Ibsen played a seminal role in the development of modern European drama at the end of the 19th century. This book surveys Ibsen's total dramatic output, situating his plays in their cultural, historical and intellectual contexts. It traces the theatrical evolution of his plays as well as considers his impact on late-Victorian London.

Product Description: George Egerton was the pen name of Mary Chavelita Dunne (1859-1945). She was the most substantial and striking of the women writers of the fin de siècle who developed the modern short story, with its focus on the 'psychological moment', its exploration of the interior landscapes of human experience, and its only sporadic commitment to a realist aesthetic...read more

Product Description: George Egerton was the pen name of Mary Chavelita Dunne (1859-1945). She was the most substantial and striking of the women writers of the fin de siècle who developed the modern short story, with its focus on the 'psychological moment', its exploration of the interior landscapes of human experience, and its only sporadic commitment to a realist aesthetic...read more

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Product Description: This volume takes issue with such certainties as the "facts" of law, drawing its inspiration from a diverse range of legal "stories", and from famous engagements between the law and literature. Contributors look at a wide selection of material: the work of Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Salman Rushdie; the mysteries of modern detective fiction; witch hunts and "The Crucible"; the case of Oscar Wilde; and myths of the Father, the Constitution and the Nation...read more

Product Description: Sexually transgressive, politically astute and determined to claim educational and employment rights equal to those enjoyed by men, the new woman took centre stage in the cultural landscape of late-Victorian Britain. By comparing the fictional representations with the lived experience of the new woman, Ledger's book makes a major contribution to an understanding of the 'woman question' at the fin de siecle...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The end-of-century experience is generating intense interest among contemporary critics. This collection of essays scrutinizes ways in which current conflicts of race, class and gender have their origins in the cultural politics of the last fin de siècle...read more