Walter Besant - The Business of Literature and the Pleasures of Reform

In the 1880s and 1890s, Walter Besant was one of Britain's most lionized living novelists.Today he is comparatively unknown.Bringing together literary critics and book historians, as well as social and cultural historians, this volume provides a major reassessment of Besant.

About the author

Kevin A. Morrison is Distinguished Professor in the School of Foreign Languages at Henan University.

Summary

In the 1880s and 1890s, Walter Besant was one of Britain’s most lionized living novelists. Today he is comparatively unknown. Bringing together literary critics and book historians, as well as social and cultural historians, this volume provides a major reassessment of Besant.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin A. Morrison
• Assisted by: Kevin A. Morrison (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781789620351
• ISBN: 978-1-78962-035-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies; Liverpool English Texts and St
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies