Forms of Empire
Author | : Nathan K. Hensley |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198792451 |
ISBN-13 | : 019879245X |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Download or read book Forms of Empire written by Nathan K. Hensley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this far-reaching and provocative study, Nathan K. Hensley shows how the modern state's anguished relationship to violence pushed literary writers of the Victorian era to expand the capacities of literary form. He explores the works of some of the era's most astute thinkers, including George Eliot, Charles Dickens, and Robert Louis Stevenson.