The world in play : portraits of a Victorian concept /
19th-century Britain was a world in play. The Victorians invented the weekend and built hundreds of parks and playgrounds. The playful child became a symbol for the future. This book explores the extent to which play pervades 19th-century literature and culture.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford University Press,
[2012], ©2012.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Mapping the world in play
- Fair play in an ugly world : the politics of nautical melodrama
- Toying with the future in Wuthering Heights
- A joy on the precipice of death : Muir and Stevenson in California
- Wilde's folly.