Redefining the Modern: Essays on Literature and Society in Honor of Joseph Wiesenfarth

The essays in the collection not only bring fresh perspectives to nineteenth- and twentieth-century literary works but examine the nuanced relationship between Victorian and modern literature through redefinitions and realignments. Ranging from Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot to Richard Wright and Margaret Drabble, the essays construct a cultural narrative of nineteenth- and twentieth-century writing, while sharpening our understanding of both the Victorian and modern periods. The occasion of "Redefining the Moderns is to honor Joseph Wiesenfarth, distinguished literary critic and scholar who taught at the University of Wisconsin in Madison between 1970 and 2001.Redefining the Modern: Essays on Literature and Society in Honor of Joseph Wiesenfarth, with ISBN 9780838640135 and ISBN 0838640133.