Metaphors of change in the language of nineteenth-century fiction
Subtitle: Scott, Gaskell, and Kingsley
By: Megan Perigoe Stitt.
Series: Oxford English monographs
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832 -- Knowledge -- Science.; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 -- Knowledge -- Science.; Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 -- Knowledge -- Science.; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Social change in literature.; Progress in literature.; Geology in literature.; Metaphor.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-205) and index.