The Romantic Impulse in Victorian FictionMr. Stone takes an innovative approach to the Victorian novelists, examining their debt to the writers of the previous generation. Confronting the diversity of the Romantic movement and of the Victorians' responses to it, he discovers strong and unexpected affinities between the novelists and the Romantics. |
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... early years of this century , it could be suggested that Bulwer's flaws were owing to that " romantic vein , so much in vogue in the early nineteenth century " ; while in recent years Allan Christensen has claimed that Bulwer's merit ...
... early years of this century , it could be suggested that Bulwer's flaws were owing to that " romantic vein , so much in vogue in the early nineteenth century " ; while in recent years Allan Christensen has claimed that Bulwer's merit ...
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... early as Mrs. Gaskell's time is unusual . " 52. See John Bayley , Tolstoy and the Novel ( New York : Viking Press , 1968 ) , pp . 113–117 . 53. Gaskell's reaction to " the awkward blot " in George Eliot's life was typical of her ...
... early as Mrs. Gaskell's time is unusual . " 52. See John Bayley , Tolstoy and the Novel ( New York : Viking Press , 1968 ) , pp . 113–117 . 53. Gaskell's reaction to " the awkward blot " in George Eliot's life was typical of her ...
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... Early Novels , p . 75 ; Impressions of Theophrastus Such , pp . 38-39 . 73. Ellen Moers sees in Dinah " a true descendant of Corinne " in her capacity as improvisatrice . ( Literary Women , pp . 192–193 ) . 74. Letters , II , 504 . 75 ...
... Early Novels , p . 75 ; Impressions of Theophrastus Such , pp . 38-39 . 73. Ellen Moers sees in Dinah " a true descendant of Corinne " in her capacity as improvisatrice . ( Literary Women , pp . 192–193 ) . 74. Letters , II , 504 . 75 ...
Contents
ONE Introduction | 1 |
TWO Trollope Byron and the Conventionalities | 46 |
THREE Benjamin Disraeli and the Romance of the Will | 74 |
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