Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Strange and Secret Peoples Strange and Secret Peoples Carole G. Silver Teeming with creatures, both real and imagined, this encyclopedic study in cultural history illuminates the hidden web of connections between the Victorian fascination with fairies and their lore and… OL1840757W
The feminization of American culture The feminization of American culture Douglas, Ann This is one of those rare books that let us see with a fresh and startling clarity the underlying causes, meaning, and influence through time of profound a cultural phenomenon. In it, a brilliant you… OL1869175W
The Victorian novel The Victorian novel Ian P. Watt A collection of essays which describes the reading audience, publication methods, and literary style of the Victorian novel and provides a critical analysis of the period's major fiction writers. OL505966W
Literature and religion in mid-Victorian England Literature and religion in mid-Victorian England Carolyn Oulton,Carolyn W. de la L'Oulton "This book places Dickens and Wilkie Collins against such important figures as John Henry Newman and George Eliot in their response to the religious crisis of mid-nineteenth century England. In foreg… OL5962584W
The rescue of Romanticism The rescue of Romanticism Kenneth Daley "Valuable and timely in its long historical and critical perspective on the legacy of romanticism to Victorian art and thought, The Rescue of Romanticism is the first book-length study of the close i… OL6209472W