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Alexander M. Ross's book is a monograph in the best sense of the word: a short book on a single theme by a devoted expert. In recent years, with the increasing number of interdisciplinary ventures designed to break down the self-imposed barriers between specialist disciplines, there have been several studies of the relation of individual novelists - Eliot, Hardy, James - to the visual arts. But there have been few more general inquiries into the interconnections between fiction and painting. Ross has made good this deficiency in one important area. He has taken the cult of the picturesque,

English fiction --- Picturesque, The, in literature. --- History and criticism.

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'Fictions of British Decadence' is a fresh account of the emergence, development, and legacy of fiction written in the era of Oscar Wilde. It examines a broad range of texts by a diverse array of Decadent writers, from familiar figures such as Ernest Dowson and John Davidson to lesser-known innovators such as Arthur Machen and M.P. Shiel. MacLeod fills a large gap in understanding the movement that helped negotiate transition from the Victorian triple-decker to experimental Modernist fiction.

Decadence (Literary movement) --- English fiction --- History and criticism

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Cosmopolitanism --- English fiction --- Modernism (Literature) --- History and criticism

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English fiction --- History and criticism --- Fiction --- English literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- anno 2000-2009 --- English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism --- English fiction - 21st century - History and criticism --- ROMAN ANGLAIS --- 20E SIECLE --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- 21E SIECLE

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This innovative study investigates the emergence and impact of the lower middle class on British print culture through the figure of the office clerk. Using a variety of source materials--including novels, magazines, newspapers, letters, and life writing--the author traces the literary profile of the white collar worker during a time of unprecedented change in class and culture. This interdisciplinary work explores key texts by George Gissing, Trollope, Thackeray, Dickens and Forster.

Clerks in literature. --- English fiction --- English prose literature --- History and criticism.