| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 423 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction / James G. Paradis -- pt. 1. New Zealand and Early London Years, 1860-73 -- 1. From Canterbury Settlement to Erewhon: Butler and Antipodean Counterpoint / Roger Robinson -- 2. Butler, Memory, and the Future / Gillian Beer -- 3. Ironies of Biblical Criticism: From Samuel Butler's 'Resurrection' Essay and The Fair Haven to Erewhon Revisited / Elinor Shaffer -- pt. 2. Evolutionist, 1874-86 -- 4. 'The written symbol extends infinitely': Samuel Butler and the Writing of Evolutionary Theory / David Amigoni -- 5. 'A Conspiracy of One': Butler, Natural Theology, and Victorian Popularization / Bernard Lightman -- 6. Evolutionary Psychology and The Way of All Flesh / Sally Shuttleworth -- 7. Samuel Butler as Late-Victorian Bachelor: Regulating and Representing the Homoerotic / Herbert Sussman -- 8. Mind Matters: Butler and Late Nineteenth-Century Psychology / Ruth Parkin-Gounelas -- pt. 3. On The Margin, 1887-1902 -- 9. Samuel Butler, Local Identity, and the Periodizing of Northern Italian Art: The Travel Writer-Painter's View of Art History / Clarice Zdanski -- 10. Samuel Butler's Photography: Observation and the Dynamic Past / Elizabeth Edwards -- 11. Butler's Narcissus: 'A Tame Oratorio' / Ellen T. Harris -- 12. Why Homer Was (Not) a Woman: The Reception of The Authoress of the Odyssey / Mary Beard -- 13. Butler after Butler: The Man of Letters as Outsider / James G. Paradis |
| Summary |
Samuel Butler, Victorian against the Grain is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that provides a critical overview of Butler's career, one which places his multifaceted body of work within the cultural framework of the Victorian age |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-392) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902.
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Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902 fast |
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Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902. idsbb |
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Butler, Samuel (1612-1680) idszbz |
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Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography
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Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Essayists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Novelists, English
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Authors, English
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Critics
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Essayists
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Werk.
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Great Britain
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Paradis, James G., 1942-
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| LC no. |
2008360715 |
| ISBN |
9781442689053 |
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1442689056 |
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9781442692305 |
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1442692308 |
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