Time and the moment in victorian literature and society
Auteur :
Zemka, Sue
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107442559
Date de publication :
21 août 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
410 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Examines the ways in which nineteenth-century England, under the influence of industrializing forces and increased precision in assessing the passing of time, began to attach new importance to moments, and how writers introduced into major works of fiction incidents and events of great significance compressed into small units of time.