Victorians Undone : Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum /

Hughes follows five iconic figures of the nineteenth century in Victorian England as they encounter the world not through their imaginations or intellects but through their bodies. Or rather, through their body parts. Lady Flora Hastings is an unmarried lady-in-waiting at young Queen Victoria's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hughes, Kathryn, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Human body > Social aspects.
Body image > Social aspects.
History, 19th Century
Human Body
Body Image
Body image > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Human body > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Biography > Anecdotes.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
History.
Nonfiction.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Parts and holes
  • Lady Flora's belly
  • Charles Darwin's beard
  • George Eliot's hand
  • Fanny Cornforth's mouth
  • Sweet Fanny Adams.

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