This new book by the seasoned and internationally acclaimed critic, David Pierce, provides further evidence that William Butler Yeats is still our contemporary but still in need of the critic. From a position which is at once inside and outside history, Yeats manages to hold our attention still. He continues to intrigue critics and readers alike. ......
This is George Gissing's best known and his first novel, standing alongside his classic New Grub Street. It is a distinctive, polemical, dramatic work focused on urban social problems. Gissing deals with the ineluctable evils of poverty, cultural deprivation, `class', the `tyranny of money`, and the place of women in society.
The Culture of the Factory in Later Victorian England
The acclaimed major interpretation of 19th century society and politics concerning the human impact of the industrial revolution. Offers a subtle and responsive understanding of the formation of class consciousness
The Culture of the Factory in Later Victorian England
With a new Preface by the author. The acclaimed major interpretation of 19th century society and politics concerning the human impact of the industrial revolution. Offers a subtle and responsive understanding of the formation of class consciousness
The contribution of women to the construction of modern society has been largely forgotten in Irish history. This book is a major attempt to explore the construction of womanhood created by nationalism and the Irish Revival, to investigate whether female artists challenged this idealised representation of the feminine and, if so, how they did it.
We are now publishing hardcover revised editions of the first two volumes of Professor William D. Rubinstein's standard works of research and reference on Who Were the Rich? Several entirely new volumes will also follow shortly.
These volumes comprise a unique and original work which provides comprehensive biographical information on all 884 persons who left personal estates of GBP100,000 or more in Britain from 1809, when these sources begin in a usable form. GBP100,000 is the equivalent of about GBP10 million today.
These international-acclaimed works comprise a unique and original work which provides comprehensive biographical information on all 884 persons who left personal estates of GBP100,000 or more in Britain from 1809 to 1914, when these sources begin in a usable form. GBP100,000 is the equivalent of about GBP10 million today. / Professor Rubinstein ......
