Robert Birdwell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1633753 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Birdwell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Birdwell |
| SIGNATURE | BIRDWELL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Coherence of Mary Barton
Critics have argued that Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, Mary Barton (1848), is split by a conflict between the modes of realism and romance. But the conflict does not render the novel incoherent, because Gaskell surpasses both modes through a utopian narrative that breaks with the conflict of form and gives coherence to the whole novel. Gaskell not only depicts what Thomas Carlyle called the ‘Condition of England’ in her work but also develops,…
The Radical Novel
“The Radical Novel: Utopian and Scientific” Robert Z. Birdwell (bio) I. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Marx and Engels declare in The Communist Manifesto (1848) that “we shall have an association, in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all” (41). The formulation announces an ideal of harmony but not the means of creating that harmony. It sketches the form without specifying the content of communism, …
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The Coherence of Mary Barton
Critics have argued that Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, Mary Barton (1848), is split by a conflict between the modes of realism and romance. But the conflict does not render the novel incoherent, because Gaskell surpasses both modes through a utopian narrative that breaks with the conflict of form and gives coherence to the whole novel. Gaskell not only depicts what Thomas Carlyle called the ‘Condition of England’ in her work but also develops,…
The Radical Novel
“The Radical Novel: Utopian and Scientific” Robert Z. Birdwell (bio) I. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Marx and Engels declare in The Communist Manifesto (1848) that “we shall have an association, in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all” (41). The formulation announces an ideal of harmony but not the means of creating that harmony. It sketches the form without specifying the content of communism, …
Art (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anarchism and Radical Politics (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy (1 works) · Communism (1 works) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism (1 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (1 works)