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adiscussionofAnthonyTrollope’snovel,TheFixedPeriod,whichforegrounds
thesocialproblemofoldageandhowtotreatelderlycitizens(Dobosiewicz).
Onarelatedtheme,wehaveacommuniquéonthehistoryoftheQueen
MargaretCollegeSettlementinGlasgow,apartofthewideruniversitysettlement
movementdesignedtoencouragethemoralandmaterialbettermentofslum
dwellers(Kuosiuska).
InthecontextofVictoriansocialproblems,Dickensreceivestheusualwell-
deservedattention.AnarticleonAChristmasCaroladdressesthequestionof
whathappenedtoScroogefromapsychologicalperspective,dealingwith
theperceptionoftimeandbalancingtimeperspectives,inthecontextofPhilip
Zimbardo’sTemporalTheoryandTimePerspectiveTherapy(Kujawska-Lis).
AnotherarticleseekstoexamineDickens’sapproachtotheissuesofraceand
BritishcolonialismthroughanalysesoftheracialisedbodyinTheMysteryof
EdwinDrood(Pypeu).AthirdDickensarticledealswiththerepresentation
ofpovertyinCharlesDickens’sBleakHouse(Setecka).
Finally,atatimewhenBritainissetto“leave”Europe,therangeofinterest
incomparative,internationalandtrans-nationalquestionsattractsattention.
Comparativeliterarystudiesarerepresentedbyconsiderationofplotsimilarities
betweenJózefIgnacyKraszewski’sJermoŠaandGeorgeEliot’sSilasMarner
withdiscussionofthepossibilitythatGeorgeEliotwasacquaintedwiththeplot
ofJermoŠabeforethepublicationofherownnovel(Budrewicz).Intheareaof
musicanddrama,wehaveananalysisofthesourcesfor19th-centuryportrayals
ofthecharactersandbehaviourof16th-centuryBritishQueensinGaetano
Donizetti’soperas,includingdetailedinterrogationofthelyrics(Ouarowska).
Movingawayfromliteraturetothesocietyitrepresents,comparativetrends
areexaminedinPolishandIrishpoliticalco-operationandagendasin1830s
London,whichagaincontinuesadebateonPolishpoliticalrefugeesundertaken
inpreviousvolumes(Harris).
Wewouldliketothankallcontributorsandhopethatreaderswillfindmuch
heretostimulatethoughtandfurtherresearch.
GraŠynaBystydzieŠska
EmmaHarris