The Bloadlaugh Case
A Study in Late Victorian Opinion and Politics
By Walter L. Arnstein, Roosevelt University, Chicago.
Should
Charles Bradlaugh, the notorious atheist, political radical and advocate
of birth control, be permitted to take his seat as a Member of Parlia–
ment? This question agitated British political and religious leaders for
more than half a decade (1880-86). In re-creating this incident, Pro–
fessor Arnstein shows how it posed an ethical dilemma for Gladstonian
Liberals, a political opportunity for Conservatives, and a challenge for
Irish Nationalists.
Illustrated.
$8.00
The Dickens Theatre
A R eassessment of the Novels
By Robert Garis, Wellesley College.
Professor Garis contends that
Dickens's novels are essentially "theatrical," and that they have proved
difficult to assess chiefly because his theatrical art differs so greatly from
what is expected in serious works of fiction. He asserts that it is the
theatrical style which permits the inspired freedom of Dickens's inven–
tion and observations, which in turn gives authority to his great radical
attacks on social institutions.
$4.80
The Garlyles at Home
By Thea Holme, illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
"The domestic life
of the Carlyles might be the prototype or symbol of a whole community
watching its decencies and SQcial obligations-with, of course, a dash
of Scottish thrift.... No couple's physical daily life is more accessible;
their pets and pests, digestive troubles and medicines, income and taxa–
tion, the plants they grew, the clothes they wore and mended, . . . Mrs.
Holme presents it all in its duality as an anxious drama and, through
Jane's own accents, an uproarious
farce."-The Times Literary Supple–
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The View of France
From Arnold to Bloomsbury
By Christophe Campos, University of Sussex.
Believing that from
one nation's popular image of another, both can learn something of
themselves, Dr. Campos examines the image of France as it appeared
in
the works of English writers between 1840 and 1918. Viewing Matthew
Arnold, Thackeray, Meredith, Walter Pater, H enry James, George
Moore, Arnold Bennett, and the Bloomsbury group, he shows how the
image of France was gradually modified and extended by the personal
experience of each as well as the ebb and flow of national interests. The
book is illustrated with contemporary cartoons and drawings.
$5.60
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