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The Novels of Frances Hodgson Burnett in ANTHEM PRESS INFORMATION SHEET The Novels of Frances Hodgson Burnett In "the World of Actual Literature" By Thomas Recchio Pub Date: 31 March 2020 BISAC CATEGORY: LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century Binding: Hardback LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Price: £80.00 / $125.00 Subjects & Themes / Women ISBN: 9781785273636 BISAC CODE: LIT024040 BIC CODE: DSK Extent: 250 pages RIGHTS Size: 153 x 229 mm / Exclusive: WORLD 6 x 9 inches Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series A reading of Burnett’s novels in the context of the changing literary field in England and the United States Although she is remembered today mainly as a writer of children’s books, Frances Hodgson Burnett was a widely published novelist. Of high literary quality, her novels covered a range of genres, including industrial novels, American-themed social novels, historical novels, transatlantic novels and post–World War I novels. They were popular subjects in the early years of cinema. “The Novels of Frances Hodgson Burnett” reads Burnett’s novels in the context of the changing literary field in England and the United States in the years between the death of George Eliot in 1880 through to the Great War. Contents Introduction; 1. Learning from Elizabeth Gaskell; 2. Writing as an American: The Portrait of a Washington Lady; 3. Historical Dreamscapes and the Vicissitudes of Class: From “A Lady of Quality” to “The Methods of Lady Walderhurst”; 4. Transatlantic Alliances in “The Shuttle” and “T. Tembarom”; 5. After the Great War: Emerging from the Wasteland in “The Head of the House of Coombe & Robin”; Index. About the Author Thomas Recchio is professor of English, emeritus at the University of Connecticut, USA. He is the author of “Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford: A Publishing History” (2009) and the editor of Elizabeth Gaskell’s “Mary Barton” (2008), a Norton Critical Edition. Recchio has published widely in Victorian studies. Ordering in North America Ordering in the UK/Rest of the World Ordering in Australia Books International NBN International NewSouth Books P.O. Box 605, Herndon, VA Airport Business Centre C/- Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) 20172-0605 United States 10 Thornbury Road 9 Pioneer Ave, Tel: +1 703 661 1570 | Fax: +1 703 661 1501 Plymouth, PL6 7PP Tuggerah NSW 2259, Australia [email protected] Tel: 01752 202301 | Fax: 01752 202333 Tel: +61 (02) 4390 1300 | Fax: 1800-66-44-77 [email protected] [email protected] 75-76 Blackfriars Road | London SE1 8HA | United Kingdom | Tel: +44 (0)20 7193 7371 244 Madison Ave. #116 | New York | NY 10016 | United States | Tel: +1 646 736 7908 [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected] | www.anthempress.com.
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