"Contexts" includes eighteen new selections and two new subsections: "Charlotte and Jane s Illustrated Book" which includes a letter from Bronte to her publisher W. S. Williams; "Vignettes from Bewick"; and "Charlotte Bronte and Bewick s "British Birds " and "Charlotte Bronte as Governess," which in[...]
Offers an introduction to Charles Dickens' work of the nineteenth century, "David Copperfield". This title considers issues such as autobiography and Victorian social conditions. It traces responses to the novel from the first reviews to modern criticism. It provides insights into the novel's humour[...]
Sextants at Greenwich consists of two main sections: The introductory chapters and the catalogue of navigating instruments of the National Maritime Museum. The first section gives a general overview of the history of celestial navigation with an emphasis on the instruments that were developed and us[...]