商品簡介
An inclusive critical survey of 19th-century non-fiction, tracing the century's ideological and cultural upheavals as they are registered in the literary textures of some of its most widely read and influential writings. Relating writers who are generally perceived as occupying different discursive spheres (e.g. John Stuart Mill, Florence Nightingale, and Mrs. Beeton), it maps the establishment and development of different genres scientific writing, travel and exploration literature, social reportage, biography, autobiography, journals, letters, religious and philosophical prose, political writing and history and their interactions over the century. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
