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Forthesixthtime,weofferourreadersawide-rangingcollectionof
communiqués,commentaries,analysesandexplorationsdealingwiththeculture
andsocietyof18th-and19th-centuryBritain.Somethemesandauthorshave
longbeenwell-knowntothisseries,butwealsohavenewnamesandnewideas
inthe2018publication.
The18thcenturyreceivesratherlessattentioninthisvolumebutthe
contributionsthatweprintaredistinguished.Thereisdiscussionofadaptations
ofRomanplotsinJohnDennis’stragedies,aphenomenonwhichisplaced
withintheframeworkofthegeneralinterestinthepoliticalandculturallifeof
AncientRomefoundin18th-centuryEnglishliteratureandcriticism(Polyakov).
WealsohaveadetailedanalysisofapproachestopovertyinScribleriantexts
(Uuciuski)andanexaminationofsociallytransgressivebehaviourthroughthe
literarycareerofan18th-centuryScottishpirate(Buaszak).
Movingontothe19thcentury,analysisofWilliamWordsworth’sreligious
andsocialbeliefsiscontinuedfromearliervolumes,hereconcentratingonthe
poet’sviewofchildhood(Borkowska).19th-centuryreligiousbeliefsarealso
thesubjectofanexaminationofJohnHenryNewman’sApologiaproVitaSua
andTheDreamofGerontius(Bystydzieuska).Returningtothethemeofanti-
Catholicismraisedearlierintheseries,thereisaninvestigationoftherise
andfallofthebonfirenighttraditionofburningGuyFawkes,concentratingon
analysisofHarrisonAinsworth’spopular1841novelGuyFawkesandSelina
Bunbury’s1844CoombeAbbey(Mazurek).
Studiesofthecultureoftheearly19thcenturyalsoincludeascrutinyof
JaneAusten’sPrideandPrejudiceasadialoguewiththeCountryHouseideal
(Terentowicz-Fotyga).Andwehaveanewdepartureintheuseofdisability
theorytoanalyseMaryShelley’sFrankenstein,raisingquestionsconnected
withthesocialstructuringofdisabilityingeneral(Negrón).
Therearefurtherexplorationsofthevisualandmaterialcultureofthe
Victorianperiod,withinvestigationofPre-Raphaelitedressinthecontextof
artisticappreciationofchanginggenderroles(Antonowicz).Inthisbroadarea,
themessageofIrish19th-centurylandscapepaintingisalsoanalysed,inan
attempttolinkspacewithnationalandculturalidentity,anddiscusstheartistic
legacyofBritish-Irishrelationswhileplacingselectedlandscapeartistswithin
thecolonialnarrativeofIrelandastheOther(Kociouek).