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This volume of 13 original interdisciplinary essays surveys the relationship of Victorian works and the urban experience that shaped them. Each essay addresses how the selection or rejection of an urban setting provide the context for a representative product of Victorian art or culture.

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Author:   Debra N. Mancoff ,  D.J. Trela ,  D.J. Trela
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781138864269

ISBN 10:   1138864269
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   07 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: An Age of Great Cities, Harold Perkin; Chapter 1 Commercial Sites: The Early Victorian Development of Cannon Street, Linda R. Krause; Chapter 2 Mapping Contagion in Victorian London: Disease in the East End, Mary Burgan; Chapter 3 Symbols of Success in Suburbia: The Establishment of Artists' Communities in Late Victorian London, Joseph F. Lamb; Chapter 4 London, Dickens, & the Theatre of Homelessness, Murray Baumgarten; Chapter 5 Disvaluing the Popular: London Street Culture, “Industrial Literacy,” and the Emergence of Mass Culture in, Victorian England, Edward Jacobs; Chapter 6 The City, the Country, and Communities of Singing Women: Music in the Novels of Elizabeth Gaskell, Alisa M. Clapp; Chapter 7 “Oor Location”: Scotswomen Poets and the Transition from Rural to Urban Culture, Florence S. Boos; Chapter 8 Re-forming London: George Cruikshank and the Victorian Age, Anne L. Helmreich; Chapter 9 Photography and the Image of the London Poor, Thomas Prasch; Chapter 10 Midnight Scenes and Social Photographs: Thomas Annan's Glasgow, Ian Spring; Chapter 11 Lessons in Stone: Architecture and Academic Ethos in an Urban Setting, Sarah V. Barnes;

Reviews

""...Essential reading for any student of the Victorian city."" -- Victorian Studies ""There are a number of good essays. Perkin's introduction is genuinely helpful."" -- Albion

...Essential reading for any student of the Victorian city. -- Victorian Studies There are a number of good essays. Perkin's introduction is genuinely helpful. -- Albion

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Debra N. Mancoff, D.J. Trela

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