Redefining the Modern: Essays on Literature and Society in Honor of Joseph Wiesenfarth

The 13 essays consider particularly the four decades, 1880-1920, often seen as the transition from Victorian to Modern, but generally discuss significant links between literature and society in the 19th and 20th centuries. English scholars from North America and Europe employ new approaches and reading based on cultural studies and literary theory, and engage the challenges that emerge from the sustained rewriting and rereading of 19th-century texts. Distributed by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR