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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524678003321

Autore

Markovits Stefanie <1971->

Titolo

The Crisis of Action in Nineteenth-Century English Literature / Stefanie Markovits

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2006

©2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 258 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/358

Soggetti

Character in literature

National characteristics, British, in literature

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.