Table of Contents
Introduction, by Simon Barker and Jo Gill List of Contributors 1. The Poverty of (New) Historicism, Catherine Belsey (University of Wales, Swansea, UK) 2. Re-reading English, Re-reading Modernism, Helen Carr (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK) 3. ‘I would have her whipped': David Copperfield in its historical moment, Simon Dentith (University of Reading, UK)4. Hardy's Realism and Hardy-country Tourism, Tim Dolin (Curtis University of Technology, Australia) 5. Tragedy and Revolution, Terry Eagleton (National University of Ireland, Ireland; University of Notre Dame; USA; University of Lancaster, UK) 6. 'The Weight of History': Poets and Artists in WWII, John Lucas (Nottingham Trent University, UK; Shoestring Press) 7. The Plains of War: Byron, Turbaner and the Bodies of Waterloo, Philip W. Martin (De Montfort University, UK) 8. "Giving Them Back Their History": Peter Widdowson and Literature, Martin Randall (University of Gloucestershire, UK)9. The 'Servant Problem', Social Class and Literary Representation in Eighteenth-Century England, R.C.Richardson (University of Winchester, UK) 10. 'Sway Between a Dance and a Fight': Black Religions in Toni Morrison's Paradise, Shelley Saguaro (Univesity of Gloucestershire, UK) 11. Women, War and the University: Rosamond Lehmann's Dusty Answer, Judy Simons (De Montfort University, UK) 12.Mythological Presents: Modernity, Edward Thomas and the Poetice of Experience, Stan Smith (Nottingham Trent University, UK) 13. Personalia: sketches of Peter Widdowson, Neville Shrimpton; Mary Shakeshaft; Paul Stigant; Mike Walkers; Mary De Jong Obuchowski; Peter Obuchowski; Peter Brooker; Stuart Laing; Victoria Bazin; U.A. Fanthorpe and Rosie Bailey; James Green; Manzu Islam; Emily Wroe; Neil A. Wynn; Charlotte Beyer; Sandra Courtman; Peter Childs; Hilary Hinds; Debby Thacker; John Hughes. Index