Julia Wedgwood, The Unexpected Victorian

Julia Wedgwood, The Unexpected VictorianThe first biography of Julia Wedgwood, the leading Victorian female intellect and writer, niece of Charles Darwin, intimate friend of Robert Browning and mentor of E. M. Forster. The book draws on a mass of unpublished family correspondence offering critical consideration of her ambitious range of non fiction books, articles and novels.

with each chapter containing close analyses of particular examples

artists peel away the cultural and psychological obstacles to building a resonant life

and–after transferring ownership–is pulled away by invisible hands

music and more

and on the history of feminism in Spain

and popular dramatic tropes

abortion and birth control

This volume introduces the concept of “external governance” to analyze the European Union’s relations with its new neighborhood following the EU’s 2004 enlargement

the creative arts may also represent a positive blueprint for the future of the university

most of which has never been translated before

a magic island

It combines specially selected extracts from the political classics with original and insightful essays offering a commentary upon them