The Victorian parlour / Thad Logan.
The Victorian parlour / Thad Logan.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N820.9355/21
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. House and home: the parlour in context -- 2. "Sweet ordering, arrangement, and decision": decorating the parlour -- 3. An empire of things: objects in the parlour -- 4. "Intimate glimpses of home": representations of the parlour.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
"The parlour was the centre of the Victorian home and, as Thad Logan shows, the place where contemporary conflicts about domesticity and gender relations were frequently played out. In The Victorian Parlour: a Cultural Study, Logan uses an interdisciplinary approach that combines the perspectives of art history, social history, and literary theory...
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The Victorian parlour / Thad Logan.
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 30.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-275) and index.
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N820.9355/21
Record Identifier
74VvQNmLegzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvQNmLegzX
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ISBN
0521631823 (hbk.)
9780521631822
0521631823
9780521631822 (hbk.)
DDC
820.9355
MMS ID
991014579939702626
