Aestheticism and the Marriage Market in Victorian Popular Fiction : The Art of Female Beauty Paperback / softback
by Kirby-Jane (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Hallum
Part of the Literary Texts and the Popular Marketplace series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/12/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367875978
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/12/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367875978
