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Autore |
Carlisle Janice |
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Titolo |
Common scents [[electronic resource] ] : comparative encounters in high-Victorian fiction / / Janice Carlisle |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-803696-5 |
1-60256-993-2 |
9780195185811 |
1-280-53385-4 |
9786610533855 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Odors in literature |
Melancholy in literature |
Smell in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-209) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Smelling others -- Melancholic men -- Women of substance -- Treating the melancholic of Our mutual friend. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Who smells? Surveying nearly 80 novels written in the 1860's to answer that impolite question, 'Common Scents' provides a reading of Victorian values, particularly as they assess the relative merits of men and women, spirit and matter. |
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