Books by James Chandler

Offers an account of Dickens and early American film by tracing the unexpected history and intricate strategies of the sentimental mode and showing how it has been reimagined over the past three centuries. This title begins with a look at Frank Capra and the Capraesque in American public life.

The year 1819 in England was notable for the quality, value and topicality of its literature, while parliamentary and political reforms were widely demanded, especially by "Romantic" writers. This book argues that the writing demonstrates an awareness of its place both in history, and as history.

A collection of essays and rejoinders about what constitutes evidence in research and scholarship. They examine not only the constitution and "blurring" of disciplinary boundaries, but also the configuration of the fact-evidence distinctions made in different disciplines and historical moments.