In this rich study, McDonagh argues that 19th-century migration ineluctably shaped every aspect of contemporaneous fiction ... Of great interest to all 19th-century specialists.
Josephine McDonagh is Professor of English at the University of Chicago. She has taught at several British universities, most recently King's College London. Her books include De Quincey's Disciplines (1994), and Child Murder and British Culture 1720-1900 (2003).