Victorian honeymoons : journeys to the conjugal / Helena Michie.
Victorian honeymoons : journeys to the conjugal / Helena Michie.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N392.5/78
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English
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xxi, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Reading honeymoons -- 2. Reorientations -- 3. Carnal knowledges -- 4. Honeymoon gothic -- 5. Capturing Martha.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2006.
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"While Victorian tourism and Victorian sexuality have been the subject of much recent critical interest, there has been little research on a characteristically nineteenth-century phenomenon relating to both sex and travel: the honeymoon, or wedding journey. Although the term "honeymoon" was coined in the eighteenth century, the ritual increased in...
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Victorian honeymoons : journeys to the conjugal / Helena Michie.
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N392.5/78
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74VKJQk0zgod
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJQk0zgod
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ISBN
0521868742 (hbk.)
9780521868747 (hbk.)
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392.5
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991022282739702626
