This ground-breaking study of sympathetic readings in Victorian fiction breathes new life into contemporary literary criticism.
"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.
The Indian constitution seeks to prevent the perpetuation of caste and build a casteless social system. But in over half a century since Indian independence, this has not been achieved and does not seem likely in the near future. Therefore, no understanding of Indian politics is…
"Jane Austen's Families" focuses on family dynamics in Jane Austen's six novels, especially on interaction between parents and children. It examines with particular care the relations of fathers and daughters.