Portable property: Victorian culture on the move
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1. Verfasser: Plotz, John (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press 2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface : getting hold of portable property -- Introduction : the global, the local, and the portable -- Discreet jewels : Victorian diamond narratives and the problem of sentimental value -- The first strawberries in India : cultural portability abroad -- Someone else's knowledge : race and portable culture in Daniel Deronda -- Locating Lorna Doone : R.D. Blackmore, F.H. Burnett, and the limits of English regionalism -- Going local : characters and environments in Thomas Hardy's Wessex -- Nowhere and everywhere : the end of portability in William Morris's romances -- Conclusion : is portability portable?
What fueled the Victorian passion for hair-jewelry and memorial rings? When would an everyday object metamorphose from commodity to precious relic? In Portable Property, John Plotz examines the new role played by portable objects in persuading Victorian Britons that they could travel abroad with religious sentiments, family ties, and national identity intact. In an empire defined as much by the circulation of capital as by force of arms, the challenge of preserving Englishness while living overseas became a central Victorian preoccupation, creating a pressing need for objects that could readil
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 268 pages)
ISBN:0691135169
1400828937
9780691135168
9781400828937

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