The nineteenth-century novel has always been regarded as a literary form pre-eminently occupied with the written word, but Ivan Kreilkamp shows it was deeply ma

Tracing the continuities and trends in the complex relationship between literature and science in the long nineteenth century, this companion provides scholars

Investigates the idea of the human within Brontë sisters' work, offering new insight on their writing and cultural contexts.

The female performer with a public voice constitutes a remarkably vibrant theme in British and American narratives of the long nineteenth century. The tension b

Introduction by George Bernard Shaw • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Pip, a poor orphan being raised by