This collection is the first of its kind to interrogate both literal and metaphorical transatlantic exchanges of culture and ideas in nineteenth-century girls’ fiction. It initiates conversations about how the motif of travel in literature taught nineteenth-century girl audiences to reexamine their own cultural biases.

Tackling the contentious subject of Dickens and religion, this book sets his religious quest within the context of nineteenth-century debates about providential meaning, and draws on the providential thinking of Bakhtin and Ricoeur.

This monograph examines Italian women as protagonists and consumers of literature, theatre, opera, and film. Using personal writing, journalism, and canonical texts, it analyses female performance and women’s responses.