Novel craft : Victorian domestic handicraft and nineteenth-century fiction /

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Domestic handicraft was an extraordinarily popular leisure activity in Victorian Britain, especially amongst middle-class women. Craftswomen pasted shells onto boxes, stitched fish scales onto silk, scorched patterns into wood, cast flower petals out of wax, and made needlework portraits of the roya...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schaffer, Talia, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Domestic fiction, English > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Domestic fiction, English.
English fiction.
Women and literature.
England.
Electronic book.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Women's" work: the history of the Victorian domestic handicraft
  • Ephemerality: the Cranford papers
  • Preservation: the daisy and the chain
  • Salvage: Betty as the mutual friend
  • Connoisseurship: giving credit to Phoebe junior.

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