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Victorian conversion narratives and reading communities / Emily Walker Heady.

Van Pelt Library PR878.R5 H43 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Heady, Emily Walker.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
English fiction.
Conversion in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.
Narration (Rhetoric).
History.
Physical Description:
174 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2013]
Contents:
Introduction
How a capitalist converts: Dickens's theology and the realism of Dombey and son
"Must I render an account?": the ethics of genre in Charlotte Brontë's Villette
Gambling on conversion: the problem of relativism in Daniel Deronda
To sum up, to judge: the aesthetics of truth in Heart of darkness
The afterlife of Oscar Wilde's conversion, or, what self-consciously literary college students say on Facebook.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781409453772
1409453774
OCLC:
825196363

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