Diplomacy by Other Means: The Construction of Cosmopolitanism in British Literature, 1815-1865. KU Leuven
In recent years, research on nineteenth-century English literature has witnessed a revaluation of cosmopolitanism. While some scholars have begun exploring Victorian literature’s promotion of world citizenship, others have shown how Victorian literature was the product of international exchanges within an increasingly global world. This project aims to provide a literary prehistory of these forms of cosmopolitanism. It suggests that Victorian ...