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STUDIES IN EARLY VICTORIAN LITERATURE by FREDERICHARRISON
Title: Studies in Early Victorian Literature
Edward Arnold London ——— New York 37 Bedford Street ——— 70 Fifth Avenue 1895 All rights reserved
Release Date: May 12, 2006 [eBook #18384] Language: English
Author: Frederic Harrison
NOTE The following essays appeared in theForumof New York, and simultaneously in London, during the years 1894-95. They have been carefully revised and partly re-written, after due consideration of various suggestions and criticisms both in England and in America. The aim of the writer was to attempt a mature estimate of the permanent influence and artistic achievement of some of the principal prose writers in the earlier half of the reign of our Queen. The work of living authors has not been touched upon, nor any book of poetry, philosophy, or science.
CONTENTS
I. CHARACTERISTICS OF VICTORIAN LITERATURE II. THOMAS CARLYLE III. LORD MACAULAY IV. BENJAMIN DISRAELI V. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY VI. CHARLES DICKENS VII. CHARLOTTE BRONTË VIII. CHARLES KINGSLEY IX. ANTHONY TROLLOPE X. GEORGE ELIOT