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Michael W. Rickard II
May 24, 20193 min read
"Victorian Cities" and a New Historicism Critique of "Mary Barton"
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Asa Briggs’ Victorian Cities illustrates the power of new historicism in evaluating literary...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Mar 16, 20194 min read
The Yorke Manifesto: A Marxist Interpretation of Mr. Yorke in Charlotte Bronte's "Shirley&q
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Here's an essay I wrote on Charlotte Bronte's industrial novel Shirley. Shirley...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Mar 8, 20193 min read
The Patriarchal Breakdown in "Mary Barton"
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Elizabeth Gaskell's industrial novel Mary Barton provides a look at the debilitating effects not...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Jan 25, 20194 min read
Charles Dickens' Poison Pen Letter to the United States: Postcolonialism in "American Notes
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II While Charles Dickens’ American Notes can be considered a combination of travel writing and...
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