Notoriety struck the Belgian-born literary critic Paul de Man more than once. First came his fame as one of the principal and most controversial theorists of deconstruction in the 1970s and early 1980s. After his death in 1983, notoriety struck a second time. In 1987, a Belgian scholar discovered that de Man had written in the early 1940s for several journals that collaborated with the Nazis during the German occupation of Belgium. The revelations precipitated debates that have yet to subside.The scholar who set loose this furor was Ortwin de Graef, who has since embarked on a comprehensive...

By bringing together leading Victorianists with a wide range of interests, this innovative collection of essays involves the reader in new approaches to Trollope's work.