Amy M. King is Assistant Professor of English at St. John's University

Unusually for an academic study, Bloom combines meticulous attention to the detail of cultural history and vigorous readings of nineteenth-century fiction with the breathless excitement of someone who has stumbled upon a story never previously told.

Amy M. King is Assistant Professor of English at St. John's University

Unusually for an academic study, Bloom combines meticulous attention to the detail of cultural history and vigorous readings of nineteenth-century fiction with the breathless excitement of someone who has stumbled upon a story never previously told.

Amy M. King is Assistant Professor of English at St. John's University

Unusually for an academic study, Bloom combines meticulous attention to the detail of cultural history and vigorous readings of nineteenth-century fiction with the breathless excitement of someone who has stumbled upon a story never previously told.