Scenes of Sympathy Identity and Representation in Victorian Fiction |
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| Author:
| Jaffe, Audrey |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-1989-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $22.99 |
Book Description:
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In Scenes of Sympathy, Audrey Jaffe argues that representations of sympathy in Victorian fiction both reveal and unsettle Victorian ideologies of identity. Situating these representations within the context of Victorian visual culture, and offering new readings of key works by Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ellen Wood, George Eliot, Oscar...
In Scenes of Sympathy, Audrey Jaffe argues that representations of sympathy in Victorian fiction both reveal and unsettle Victorian ideologies of identity. Situating these representations within the context of Victorian visual culture, and offering new readings of key works by Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ellen Wood, George Eliot, Oscar...