Explores the way that numbers interact with literary forms in the nineteenth century. The close literary readings ask why some writers engage particularly with numbers; what kinds of work numbers perform for writers and readers when they are encountered within a text; and how numbers relate to the formal elements of poetry and fiction.
Explores the way that numbers interact with literary forms in the nineteenth century. The close literary readings ask why some writers engage particularly with numbers; what kinds of work numbers perform for writers and readers when they are encountered within a text; and how numbers relate to the formal elements of poetry and fiction.
Stefanie Markovits is a Professor of English and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for English at Yale University. She studies and teaches British literature of the long nineteenth century: Romantic and Victorian, poetry and the novel. Professor Markovits is the author of three previous books: The Crisis of Action in Nineteenth-Century English Literature (Ohio State UP, 2006), The Crimean War in the British Imagination (Cambridge UP, 2009), and The Victorian Verse Novel: Aspiring to Life (Oxford UP, 2017).
Inhaltsangabe
0.1: Introduction 1: Byron's Counts 2: Jane Austen, by Half 3: Figuring Character in Dickens 4: Plotting Age in Trollope C.1: Conclusion Bibliography Index
0.1: Introduction 1: Byron's Counts 2: Jane Austen, by Half 3: Figuring Character in Dickens 4: Plotting Age in Trollope C.1: Conclusion Bibliography Index
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