English Industrial Fiction of the Mid-Nineteenth Century discusses the valuable fiction written in mid-nineteenth century Britain which represents the situations of the new breed of industrial workers.
Stephen Knight graduated from Oxford and worked from Lecturer to Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, 1964-86, then was Professor at the universities of Melbourne, De Montfort and Cardiff. In retirement he is an Honorary Research Professor at Melbourne. He has written books on the Robin Hood myth and also on crime fiction, Chaucer, the myth of King Arthur and, recently, nineteenth-century fiction. He has published over 150 academic articles and many reviews.
