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Aestheticism and the Marriage Market in Victorian Popular Fiction
ISBN-13:
9781317317982
Veröffentl:
2015
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Kirby-Jane Hallum
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
0 - No protection
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
Introduction: The Art of Female Beauty in Context; Chapter 1 'Two Lovers to Decide their Rival Claim to the Possession of my Person': Rhoda Broughton's Cometh up as a Flower; Chapter 2 The 'Aesthetics of Love' in George Meredith's The Egoist; Chapter 3 'A Lovely Woman Whom He Had Bought': The Market for Aesthetic Commodities in Ouida's Moths; Chapter 4 'I Love Beauty - and I Study It Wherever I Find It, Dead or Living': Marie Corelli's Wormwood; Chapter 5 'Love for Love's Sake': George du Maurier's Trilby; concl Conclusion: Beyond Beauty;
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