Jarvis opens new avenues of criticism to work that is often oversimplified. Highly recommended.
Choice
... an engaging cultural study, with applications wider than nineteenth-century literature.
Times Literary Supplement
Jarvis's elegant prose has its own beat too, which makes Exquisite Masochism a pleasurable as well as persuasive read.
Review of English Studies
... illuminating ... Read moreand original...
Los Angeles Review of Books
At this moment in the profession, with so much work dedicated to reunderstanding the way we read now, Jarvis's emphasis on literary form is resonant and welcome.
Studies in the Novel
Both Marsh and Jarvis have found interesting ideas about female agency in the nineteenth century...
SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
Exquisite Masochism offers a fresh approach to the Victorian marriage plot and provocative, new readings of familiar texts... Jarvis is a deft critic and her readings show the value of attending closely to long descriptive passages in novels... Jarvis's commitment to close reading resonates with recent efforts to rethink the place of form and formalism in Victorian studies.
Melissa J. Ganz
Victorian Studies
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