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Manchester, England ("Cottonopolis"), pictured in 1840, showing the mass of factory chimneysAlthough this subgenre of the novel is usually seen as having its origins in the 19th century, there were precursors in the 18th century, like Amelia by Henry Fielding (1751), Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams (1794) by William Godwin, The Adventures of Hugh Trevor (1794–1797 ...
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the base climate comes from the Middle French climat, which was first used to describe a region's prevailing weather conditions around 1314. [1] One of the first recorded uses of climate as a description of prevailing political attitudes was in The Vanity of Dogmatizing by Joseph Glanvill in 1661 ...
Modernist literature scholar David Thorburn saw connections between literary style and impressionist painters such as Claude Monet. Modernist writers, like Monet's paintings of water lilies , suggested an awareness of art as art, rejected realistic interpretations of the world and dramatized "a drive towards the abstract".
ELH (English Literary History) is an academic journal established in 1934 at Johns Hopkins University, devoted to the study of major works in the English language, particularly British literature. It covers developments in literature through historical, critical, and theoretical methods. The current senior editor is Jeanne-Marie Jackson.
It is the official journal of the European Society for the Study of English. The current editors-in-chief are Greta Olson, Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou, Isabela Carrera Suárez, and Frederik van Dam. [1] [2] The journal appears three times a year and the individual issues are devoted to specific topics, e.g.: Letters and letter writing; New Englishes
Lionel Stevenson wrote that "The most explosive impact in English literature during the nineteenth century is unquestionably Thomas Carlyle's. From about 1840 onward, no author of prose or poetry was immune from his influence." George Eliot's novel Middlemarch stands as a great milestone in the realist tradition. It is a primary example of ...
The authors review the inadequacies in the prevailing literature based on prevailing normative and rational choice explanations. The theory is explored from a number of angles including that of 'marital solidarity enhancements', and is related to the then-extant empirical literature. [ 35 ]
SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 is an academic journal founded in 1956. It publishes articles concerning four categories of British literature from 1500 to 1900—English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart drama, Restoration and 18th Century, and 19th century. Each issue focuses on one of these four areas of concern along with an ...