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Friendship's Bonds: Democracy and the Novel in Victorian England.

Publication: Yearbook of English Studies
Publication Date: 01-JAN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Friendship's Bonds: Democracy and the Novel in Victorian England.(Book review)

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Friendship's Bonds: Democracy and the Novel in Victorian England. By Richard Dellamora. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2004. ii + 264 pp. $47.50. ISBN 0-8122-3813-3.

This is a challenging and complex book, which begins with the question: 'What is the connection between citizenship and friendship in Victorian fiction?' (p. 1). It focuses especially on the theme of anxiety around the corruptibility of male friendships, juxtaposing concerns about the influence of Jews and homosexuals in British political and literary life from Dickens to Oscar Wilde, with Marx, Disraeli, and Gladstone as the...

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