Victorian fiction has been read and analyzed from a wide range of perspectives in the past century. But how did the novelists themselves read and respond to each other's creations when they first appeared? Jerome Meckier answers that intriguing question in this ground-breaking study of what he terms the Victorian realism wars.
Meckier argues that nineteenth-century British fiction should be seen as a network of intersecting reactions and counteractions in which the novelists rethought and rewrote each other's novels as a way of enhancing their own credibility. In an increasingly...
Victorian fiction has been read and analyzed from a wide range of perspectives in the past century. But how did the novelists themselves read and r...
Dickens scholar Jerome Meckier's acclaimed Hidden Rivalries in Victorian Fiction examined fierce literary competition between leading novelists who tried to establish their credentials as realists by rewriting Dickens's novels. Here, Meckier argues that in Great Expectations, Dickens not only updated David Copperfield but also rewrote novels by Lever, Thackeray, Collins, Shelley, and Charlotte and Emily Bronte. He periodically revised his competitors' themes, characters, and incidents to discredit their novels as unrealistic fairy tales imbued with Cinderella motifs....
Dickens scholar Jerome Meckier's acclaimed Hidden Rivalries in Victorian Fiction examined fierce literary competition between leading noveli...
These essays focus on major figures, works or themes and movements of the Victorian era. They strive for fresh perspectives and aim to fill the gap in critical literature while reflecting the book's recurring concern with contexts and stratagems of presentation.
These essays focus on major figures, works or themes and movements of the Victorian era. They strive for fresh perspectives and aim to fill the gap in...
Aldous Huxley Annual is the official organ of the Aldous Huxley Society at the Centre for Aldous Huxley Studies in M nster, Germany (see AHS homepage at ). It publishes essays on the life, times, and interests of Aldous Huxley and his circle. It aspires to be the sort of periodical that Huxley would have wanted to read and to which he might have contributed. Aldous Huxley Annual celebrates its tenth anniversary with a special double number. Chief contributor on this momentous occasion is Aldous Huxley himself. Volume 10/11 contains a treasure trove of new Huxley items-letters, poems, stories,...
Aldous Huxley Annual is the official organ of the Aldous Huxley Society at the Centre for Aldous Huxley Studies in M nster, Germany (see AHS homepage ...
Volume 12/13 of the Aldous Huxley Annual begins with a discussion of a lecture Huxley gave in Italian, an appraisal of his never-completed project of a novel on Catherine of Siena, and his recently re-discovered drawings for "Leda." Further critical articles on particular aspects of Huxley's work follow, together with the second Peter Edgerly Firchow Memorial Prize Essay by Hisashi Ozawa of King's College London. A painting by Carolyn Mary Kleefeld ushers in the second part of the book, which contains a selection of papers from the Oxford Symposium held in 2013. (Series: Aldous Huxley Annual...
Volume 12/13 of the Aldous Huxley Annual begins with a discussion of a lecture Huxley gave in Italian, an appraisal of his never-completed project of ...
Volume 14 of Aldous Huxley Annual begins with the presentation of Hux ley's 1961 diary covering his trip to Europe. It continues with his role in the editing of a book by his wife Laura and the story of the Huxley Tapes, a collection of recorded lectures and readings from his late career. Further critical articles on particular aspects of Huxley's work follow, including a second selection of papers from the Oxford Symposium in 2013. The volume closes with the third Peter Edgerly Firchow Memorial Essay by Julian Piras (Belgium). Subject: Literature]
Volume 14 of Aldous Huxley Annual begins with the presentation of Hux ley's 1961 diary covering his trip to Europe. It continues with his role in the ...