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The Punch brotherhood : table talk and print culture in Mid-Victorian London /

"The Punch Brotherhood takes the reader inside this Victorian institution, bringing to life the tightly-knit community of writers, artists, and proprietors who gathered around the Punch Table, and the tumultuous, uninhibited conversations, spiced with jokes and gossip."--Book flap

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leary, Patrick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : The British Library, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents; List of Figures; AcknowledgemENTS; Introduction; The Brotherhood of the Punch Table; Cartoons and Conversations: The Large Cut; Gossip and the Literary Life; Town Talk: Dickens, Thackeray, and the Policing of Gossip; Shirley Brooks and the flight from Bohemia; Bradbury and Evans and the Personal Politics of Print Culture; Epilogue; Appendix: The Henry Silver Diary; Selected Bibliography; Index.