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The comfort of strangers : social life and literary form

Title
The comfort of strangers : social life and literary form / Gage McWeeny.
Author
McWeeny, Gage.
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Description
xi, 225 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  • English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Social change in literature
  • Strangers in literature
  • Community life in literature
  • Social psychology in literature
  • Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the comfort of strangers -- Matthew Arnold's crowd management -- Losing interest in George Eliot -- Oscar Wilde's ephemeral form -- Henry James's art of distance -- Afterword.
Call Number
JFE 16-2041
ISBN
  • 9780199797202
  • 019979720X
  • 9780199797288 (canceled/invalid)
  • 0199797285 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015021433
OCLC
922726534
Author
McWeeny, Gage.
Title
The comfort of strangers : social life and literary form / Gage McWeeny.
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-2041
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