In the aftermath of the revolutions in theory and criticism of the last several decades, this book offers a re-reading of the development of the nineteenth-century English novel by exploring the relation of the writer to the reader.

Autorentext
IGOR WEBB, Professor of English, Adelphi University, USA.

Inhalt
Preliminary Reading Mary Barton : The Writer and the Reader Charles Dickens in America: The Writer in Reality Narrative and the Problem of Evil: The Writer and Mortality Toward a Conclusion