Drawing on recent work in critical theory, feminism, and social history, this book explains the relationship between the novel and the emergent commodity cultur

Drawing on work in critical theory, feminism and social history, this book traces the lines of tension shot through Victorian culture by the fear that the socia

"The first comprehensive account of the relation of collections of imperial beasts to narrative practices in England, The Novel and the Menagerie explores an ar

This book shows uniquely how the most powerful aspects of language in literary texts are those that the reader does not see. It makes these hidden features visi