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Author:

Markovits, Stefanie, 1971-

Title:

The crisis of action in nineteenth-century English literature / Stefanie Markovits.

Publisher:

Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

ix, 258 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.
National characteristics, British, in literature
Character in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.

Contents:

Wordsworth's revolution: from The Borderers to The White Doe of Rylstone -- The case of Clough: Amours de Voyage and the crisis of action in Victorian verse -- "That girl has some drama in her": George Eliot's problem with action -- Henry James's nefarious plot: form and freedom in the hands of the master.

ISBN:

9780814291184 (cd-rom)
081429118X (cd-rom)
9780814210406 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814210406 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)67773836

LCCN:

2006013139

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)