In the nineteenth century, literary criticism first developed into an autonomous, professional discipline in the universities. This volume provides a comprehens

In the nineteenth century, literary criticism first developed into an autonomous, professional discipline in the universities. This volume provides a comprehens

The history of the most hotly debated areas of literary theory, including structuralism and deconstruction.

The years 1830–1914 witnessed a revolution in the manufacture and use of books as great as that in the fifteenth century. Using new technology in printing, pa

A volume of essays on Victorian themes, genres and authors, aimed at students and lecturers.