Description
This book explores the importance of sympathy as a central idea behind Victorian fiction, and an animating principle of novel reading generally. Sympathy, Brigid Lowe argues, deserves a much more important role as both a subject and a guiding principle for literary criticism.
This ground-breaking study of sympathetic readings in Victorian fiction breathes new life into contemporary literary criticism.
About the Author
Brigid Lowe is a Research Fellow at Trinity College, the University of Cambridge.
Reviews
'This book is a great and not-to-be missed treat for anyone with an interest in Victorian cultural history.' -'The Dickensian'
Book Information
ISBN 9781843312338
Author Brigid Lowe
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Anthem Press
Publisher Anthem Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 26mm