Encyclopedia Of The Victorian Era
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| Author | : Leah Price |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 2013-10-27 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0691159548 |
How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible? What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who hid behind the newspaper, ladies who matched their books' binding to their dress, and servants who reduced newspapers to fish 'n' chips wrap? Shedding new light on novels by Thackeray, Dickens, the Brontës, Trollope, and Collins, as well as the urban sociology of Henry Mayhew, Leah Price also uncovers the lives and afterlives of anonymous religious tracts and household manuals. From knickknacks to wastepaper, books mattered to the Victorians in ways that cannot be explained by their printed content alone. And whether displayed, defaced, exchanged, or discarded, printed matter participated, and still participates, in a range of transactions that stretches far beyond reading. Supplementing close readings with a sensitive reconstruction of how Victorians thought and felt about books, Price offers a new model for integrating literary theory with cultural history. How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain reshapes our understanding of the interplay between words and objects in the nineteenth century and beyond.
| Author | : Sally Mitchell |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 1014 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0415668514 |
First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.
| Author | : James Eli Adams |
| Publisher | : Grolier, Incorporated |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Contains 627 alphabetically arranged essays that examine significant people, places, and events in the social, political, and intellectual history of Great Britain during the sixty-four-year reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901.
| Author | : Liza Picard |
| Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Total Pages | : 549 |
| Release | : 2013-05-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1780226527 |
From rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London. Like its acclaimed companion volumes, Elizabeth's London, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the realities of everyday life so often left out of history books. This period of mid Victorian London covers a huge span: Victoria's wedding and the place of the royals in popular esteem; how the very poor lived, the underworld, prostitution, crime, prisons and transportation; the public utilities - Bazalgette on sewers and road design, Chadwick on pollution and sanitation; private charities - Peabody, Burdett Coutts - and workhouses; new terraced housing and transport, trains, omnibuses and the Underground; furniture and decor; families and the position of women; the prosperous middle classes and their new shops, such as Peter Jones and Harrods; entertaining and servants, food and drink; unlimited liability and bankruptcy; the rich, the marriage market, taxes and anti-semitism; the Empire, recruitment and press-gangs. The period begins with the closing of the Fleet and Marshalsea prisons and ends with the first (steam-operated) Underground trains and the first Gilbert & Sullivan.
| Author | : Sally Mitchell |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2008-11-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0313350353 |
What was life really like in Victorian England during its transition from provincial society into modern urban power? Discover the effects of increased women's rights, technological advances, and Charles Darwin's discoveries on everyday life. This volume offers a fascinating glimpse into Victorian daily living, including women's roles; Victorian Morality; leisure; health and medicine; and life in all settings, from workhouses to country estates. This edition features an extensive guide to contemporary primary source material and further research, including information about finding authoritative sources easily on the Web. Illustrations, interactive sidebars, a chronology and glossary further illuminate the details of Victorian culture. This volume is an ideal source for students and teachers alike. Discover the effects of increased women's rights, technological advances, and Charles Darwin's discoveries on everyday life. Engaging narrative chapters explore all aspects of the Victorian experience, including: fashion, morality, courtship and mourning rituals, crime and punishment, public school requirements, legal status (marriage, divorce, inheritance, guardians, and bankruptcy), sports like croquet and foxhunting, and the importance of religion.
| Author | : Jess Nevins |
| Publisher | : Monkeybrain |
| Total Pages | : 1032 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : |
This enormous volume is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of fantastic literature of the nineteenth century. From detective fiction to historical novels, from well-known authors like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, to Russian newspaper serials and Chinese martial arts novels, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASTIC VICTORIANA is a truly exhaustive look at every aspect of fantastic literature in the days of Queen Victoria. Readers of science fiction and fantasy will be surprised to find here the roots of genres thought to be strictly contemporary, and students of literature will be amazed at the breadth and scope of writings produced in the Victoriana era. This is an invaluable reference, and truly one-of-a-kind.
| Author | : James Eli Adams |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 481 |
| Release | : 2012-01-17 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0470672390 |
Incorporating a broad range of contemporary scholarship, A History of Victorian Literature presents an overview of the literature produced in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900, with fresh consideration of both major figures and some of the era's less familiar authors. Part of the Blackwell Histories of Literature series, the book describes the development of the Victorian literary movement and places it within its cultural, social and political context. A wide-ranging narrative overview of literature in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900, capturing the extraordinary variety of literary output produced during this era Analyzes the development of all literary forms during this period - the novel, poetry, drama, autobiography and critical prose - in conjunction with major developments in social and intellectual history Considers the ways in which writers engaged with new forms of social responsibility in their work, as Britain transformed into the world's first industrial economy Offers a fresh perspective on the work of both major figures and some of the era’s less familiar authors Winner of a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award, 2009
| Author | : Robin Guild |
| Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
| ISBN | : |
This guide combines historical information with design ideas and advice on how to decorate, renovate and maintain a vintage home.
| Author | : Christopher Hibbert |
| Publisher | : McGraw-Hill |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 1975 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Lee Jackson |
| Publisher | : Anthem Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2006-08-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1843312301 |
A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
