Book contents
- Atonement and Self-Sacrifice in Nineteenth-Century Narrative
- Series page
- Atonement and Self-Sacrifice in Nineteenth-Century Narrative
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction (Unmerited) suffering and the uses of adversity in Victorian public discourse
- Chapter 1 ‘It is expedient that one man should die for the people’
- Chapter 2 ‘Fortune takes the place of guilt’
- Chapter 3 ‘Standing for’ the people
- Chapter 4 Sacrifice and the sufferings of the substitute
- Chapter 5 Substitution and imposture
- Conclusion Innocence, sacrifice, and wrongful accusation in Victorian fiction
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction - (Unmerited) suffering and the uses of adversity in Victorian public discourse
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2012
- Atonement and Self-Sacrifice in Nineteenth-Century Narrative
- Series page
- Atonement and Self-Sacrifice in Nineteenth-Century Narrative
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction (Unmerited) suffering and the uses of adversity in Victorian public discourse
- Chapter 1 ‘It is expedient that one man should die for the people’
- Chapter 2 ‘Fortune takes the place of guilt’
- Chapter 3 ‘Standing for’ the people
- Chapter 4 Sacrifice and the sufferings of the substitute
- Chapter 5 Substitution and imposture
- Conclusion Innocence, sacrifice, and wrongful accusation in Victorian fiction
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012