Stefano Evangelista, Literary Cosmopolitanism in the English Fin de Siècle, Citizens of Nowhere

We are habitually advised not to judge a book by its cover. Instead, we are to delve beneath the surface, search for the kernel truth which the writer has staked out for readers. Stefano Evangelista has produced a work of literary history which addresses a topic—literary cosmopolitanism—located in...

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Publicat a:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cve,
Autor principal: Crowley, Cornelius
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens 2022
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:We are habitually advised not to judge a book by its cover. Instead, we are to delve beneath the surface, search for the kernel truth which the writer has staked out for readers. Stefano Evangelista has produced a work of literary history which addresses a topic—literary cosmopolitanism—located in a specific time and place—English Fin de Siècle. The title sounds a discreetly dissonant note: literary cosmopolitanism is not self-evident. Writer and reader, in our modern and national literary c...