Victorians in Theory: From Derrida to Browning

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

This book will fascinate anyone interested in the Victorians or theory. Each chapter pairs a poet with a theorist: Robert Browning meets Jacques Derrida; Christina Rossetti encounters Luce Irigaray; Matthew Arnold is after Michel Foucault; Gerald Manley Hopkins dreams with Jacques Lacan; and Elizabeth Barrett Browning haunts Helene Cixous. -- .

Reviews

"One reads it with a strong sense that not many more books like this are likely to be written." -- "Studies in English Literature"

Author Bio

John Schad is Professor of Modern Literature at Lancaster University