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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824883303321

Titolo

Functions of Victorian culture at the present time / / edited by Christine L. Krueger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8214-4106-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KruegerChristine L

Disciplina

306/.0973

Soggetti

English literature - Appreciation - United States

Great Britain Civilization 19th century

United States Civilization British influences

Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901

United States Relations Great Britain

Great Britain Relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: On Victorian Time Historiographies of Culture -- 1 The Victorians in the Rearview Mirror -- 2 The Legacy of Victorian Spectacle -- Part 2: Victorian Commodities for Postmodern Consumers -- 3 The New Victorians -- 4 More Stories about Clothing and Furniture -- Part 3: The Ways Victorians Live Now -- 5 Wilde Americana -- 6 Victorians on Broadway at the Present Time -- 7 Rounding Up the Usual Suspect -- 8 Legal Uses of Victorian Fic -- 9 "Nurs'd up amongst the scenes I have describ'd" -- 10 Revisiting the Serial Format of Dickens's Novels -- or, Little Dorrit Goes a Long Way -- 11 Disseminating Victorian Culture in the Postmillennial Classroom -- Contributors -- Index.