 | Knowing the Past: Victorian Literature and Culture Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Knowledge Theory of -- History -- 19th century; Hermeneutics -- History -- 19th century; Knowledge Theory of in literature; To what extent is it possible to know the past or to know other cultures? Can one describe the past without imposing one's own cultural, political, social, or personal preconceptions? Testing the current skepticism that insists that it is impossible... Suzy Anger is Associate Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Victorian Interpretation , also from Cornell. |
