Aestheticism And The Marriage Market In Victorian Popular Fiction The Art Of Female Beauty Literary Texts And The Popular Marketplace
Kirby-Jane Hallum
Based on close readings of five Victorian novels, Hallum presents an original study of the interaction between popular fiction, the marriage market and the aesthetic movement. She uses the texts to trace the development of aestheticism, examining the differences between the authors, including their approach, style and gender. Wider issues concerning Victorian womanhood, marriage and...
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Based on close readings of five Victorian novels, Hallum presents an original study of the interaction between popular fiction, the marriage market and the aesthetic movement. She uses the texts to trace the development of aestheticism, examining the differences between the authors, including their approach, style and gender. Wider issues concerning Victorian womanhood, marriage and commodity culture are also explored. This book will be of interest to scholars of book history as well as literature and nineteenth-century society.
Nº de Páginas: 240
Encadernação: Capa Dura / Hardback
Tema: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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Características
- Editora
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Taylor & Francis
- Idiomas
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Inglês
- Número de páginas
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240,0
- Peso
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509,0
- Colecção
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
- Data de lançamento
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01/04/2015
- Série/Edição Limitada
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1
- EAN
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9781848934818