Literature in a Time of Migration: British Fiction and the Movement of People, 1815DS1876
- ISBN-10
- 0192895753
- ISBN-13
- 9780192895752
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 720
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-05-13
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Josephine McDonagh
Description
Examines nineteenth-century British fiction in the light of the new realities of human migration.
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