Strangers and the Enchantment of Space in Victorian Fiction, 1830-1865

ISBN-13: 9781032249285 / Twarda / 2023 / 280 str.

Kristen Pond

Opis

Tracing the origins of how we think about strangers to the Victorian period, this volume explores the vital role strangers had in shaping social relations during the cultural transformations of the industrial revolution, transportation technologies, and globalization.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction: Strangers, Enchantment, and Realism

Chapter 2: Riding with Strangers: Railway Encounters in Victorian Fiction

Chapter 3: Giving to Strangers: The Charitable Home Visit in Victorian Fiction

Chapter Four: Living with Strangers: The Enchantment of Suburban Space

Chapter 5: Touring with Strangers: The Country House and Victorian Fiction

Works Cited

O autorze

Kristen Pond received her Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She is currently Associate Professor in English at Baylor University. Kristen has been awarded a fellowship from the NEH (2019), and faculty research leave (2018) and grant (2015) from Baylor University. She has numerous articles published in academic journals and books, including Nineteenth-Century Prose (2020), Victorian Periodicals Review (Spring 2020), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women’s Writing (2019), Dickens Studies Annual (2018), Studies in the Novel (2018), Studies in English Literature (2017), Victorian Review (2016), Brontë Studies (2016), Victorian Institute Journal (2015), Nineteenth-Century Literature (2014), Victorian Literature and Culture (2013).