The Anxieties that Degrade
Abstract
I to av sine romaner, hhv. The Nether World (1889) og New Grub Street (1891), viser George Gissing en særegen forståelse for hvordan fattigdom påvirker pysken og gjør den til et selvforsterkende fenomen. In two novels by George Gissing, The Nether World (1889) and New Grub Street (1891), the author uses his keen grasp of the mental toll of poverty to show how poverty is a self-perpetuating phenomenon.