Aestheticism and the Marriage Market in Victorian Popular Fiction : The Art of Female Beauty

by Kirby-Jane Hallum

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series Literary Texts and the Popular Marketplace

ISBN-10 1848934815

ISBN-13 9781848934818

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 1st, 2015

Print length 228 Pages

Weight 512 grams

Dimensions 16.40 x 24.10 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Ksh 30,600.00

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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.

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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