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Subjects:

English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Social change in literature.
Strangers in literature.
Community life in literature.
Social psychology in literature.
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
English literature.
Literature and society.
Great Britain.

Form/Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Contents:

Introduction: the comfort of strangers
Matthew Arnold's crowd management
Losing interest in George Eliot
Oscar Wilde's ephemeral form
Henry James's art of distance
Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199797202
019979720X
9780199797288
0199797285

OCLC:

922726534