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Author: Kirstie Blair File Type: pdf Victorian Poetry and the Culture of the Heart is a significant and timely study of nineteenth-century poetry and poetics. It considers why and how the heart became a vital image in Victorian poetry, and argues that the intense focus on heart imagery in many major Victorian poems highlights anxieties in this period about the ability of poetry to act upon its readers. In the course of the nineteenth century, this study argues, increased doubt about the validity of feeling led to the depiction of the literary heart as alienated, distant, outside the control of mind and will. This coincided with a notable rise in medical literature specifically concerned with the pathological heart, and with the development of new techniques and instruments of investigation such as the stethoscope. As poets feared for the health of their own hearts, their poetry embodies concerns about a widespread culture of heartsickness in both form and content. In addition, concerns about the hearts status and actions reflect upon questions of religious faith and doubt, and feed into issues of gender and nationalism. This book argues that it is vital to understand how this wider culture of the heart informed poetry and was in turn influenced by poetic constructs. Individual chapters on Barrett Browning, Arnold, and Tennyson explore the vital presence of the heart in major works by these poets--including, Aurora Leigh, Empedocles on Etna, In Memoriam, and Maud--while the wide-ranging opening chapters present an argument for the mutual influence of poetry and physiology in the period and trace the development of new theories of rhythm as organic and affective.ReviewAs the most substantial study of Victorian poetry I read this year, Blairs book is valuable for its attention to how the formal resources of poetry mediate broader cultural conversations.--Margaret Russett, Studies in English LiteratureAbout the AuthorKirstie Blair is a lecturer in the Department of English Literature in the University of Glasgow, and has previously taught at Keble College and St Peters College, Oxford. Her primary research interests lie in Victorian literature, particularly poetry and poetic form, literature and medicine, and literature and religion. She has published a number of journal articles in these fields and has edited a collection of essays on John Keble, John Keble in Context (Anthem, 2004). She is also a contributor to The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology and the Blackwell Companion to Literature and the Bible (forthcoming). Dr Blair is an Associate Editor of The Years Work in English Studies, and has contributed the chapter on Victorian poetry since 2002.

Author: Roy E. Bailey File Type: pdf The Economics of Financial Markets presents a concise overview of capital markets, suitable for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students in financial economics. Following a brief overview of financial markets--their microstructure and the randomness of stock market prices--this textbook explores how the economics of uncertainty can be applied to financial decision-making. Emphasis is placed on the economic principles underlying all financial markets, focusing on markets for equities, bonds, futures and options contracts.ReviewThis is a very well-written and thorough presentation of the key topics in financial economics - the book deserves to be widely adopted in support of courses in this dynamic area of teaching and research. Peter Smith, Professor of Economics and Finance, University of YorkRoy Bailey has written a highly readable and comprehensive introduction to financial markets. He takes the reader carefully through relevant theories before describing how they relate to different financial markets. Students will benefit from Roy Baileys rigorous but approachable style of writing. Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Professor of Finance, Said Business School, University of OxfordRoy Bailey takes the rigourous economists approach and provides a detailed treatment of the underlying theoretical concepts. ... provides complete coverage of the important concepts involved. Times Higher Education Supplement Book DescriptionThe Economics of Financial Markets presents a concise overview of capital markets, suitable for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students in financial economics. Following a brief overview of financial markets--their microstructure and the randomness of stock market prices--this textbook explores how the economics of uncertainty can be applied to financial decision-making. Emphasis is placed on the economic principles underlying all financial markets, focusing on markets for equities, bonds, futures and options contracts.

Author: Eugenio F. Biagini File Type: pdf A major new study of the impact of Home Rule on liberalism and popular radicalism in Britain and Ireland. Eugenio Biagini argues that between 1876 and 1906 the crisis of public conscience caused by the Home Rule debate acted as the main catalyst in the remaking of popular radicalism. This was not only because of Irelands intrinsic importance but also because the Irish cause came to be identified with democracy, constitutional freedoms and humanitarianism. The related politics of emotionalism did not aid in finding a solution to either the Home Rule or the Ulster problem but it did create a popular culture of human rights based on the conviction that, ultimately, politics should be guided by non-negotiable moral imperatives. Adopting a comparative perspective, this book explores the common ground between Irish and British democracy and makes a significant contribution to the history of human rights, imperialism and Victorian political culture.