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Author:

McWeeny, Gage.

Title:

The comfort of strangers : social life and literary form / Gage McWeeny.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

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.
Community life in literature.
English literature.
Literature and society.
Social change in literature.
Social psychology in literature.
Strangers in literature.
Great Britain.
1800 - 1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

019979720X
9780199797202

OCLC:

(OCoLC)922726534

LCCN:

2015021433

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)